Analyse the factors that led to the demise of the Romanov dynasty (internal, external, social, economic, political Intro; According to Historian Orlando Figes “The tsars’ sovereignty was absolute.” From 1613-1917, 18 Romanov autocrats ruled as Tsars with an iron fist, with no room for political expression or democratic values, and thus a reign of complete oppression with no foreseeable end would proliferate for over 300 years. However, by the time the last tsar, Nicholas II came to power in in 1894, years of internal discontent had been steadily building up. Ultimately, during Nicholas II’s rule, a range an internal and external factors exposed the weakness in the czarist government and the perfect conditions the revolution erupted, ultimately leading to the demise and fall of the dynasty with Nicholas II’s forced abdication in 1917.