How far was it World War 1 that was essentially responsable for the downfall of the Romanov's in 1917?

There are many reasons for the downfall of the Romanov’s in 1917, my belief is that the Tsarina was left to govern the country, whilst the Tsar was away on the front line, in charge of the military, but there are many other reasons for the downfall.

As there was huge military losses when Russia were fighting in the war in 1914 and 1915, it left the Russian people very insecure about there position and how they were able to cope, when the Tsar took control in 1915 he was blamed for more defeats, the people saw this as the Tsars fault and began to loose faith in the Romanov’s this caused the downfall because the Tsar lost the backing of the people in his country. Also while the Tsar was away on the front line, taking charge of military actions, he left the Tsarina and Rasputin at home to govern the country, while the Tsar had been very indecisive in his rulings, and really had no clue on how to run a country so large, and in such a dangerous position, the Tsarina was worse, this made the monarchy a laughing stock, and by 1917 they had lost most of their supporters, their leadership was indecisive also, and the scandal of the Tsarina and Rasputin’s alleged affair undermined the Tsar’s reputation, this caused the downfall of the Romanov’s because they lost the support of the people, and were defeated in almost every battle in the war, moral was seriously down at this time in Russia.

Also the lack of political reform was a key issue into the downfall of the Romanov’s, the Duma was a way to give him a break, and take some power off the Tsar to allow changes to me made to the country, that would stop the revolutions to come, and bring some reform into Russia. But as he took this away the Tsar was falling in the populations opinions and very rapidly. This caused the downfall of the Romanov’s because it was a chance to give some reform to the people that had worked so hard for the country, but the Tsar took this power away from politicians and suddenly the people were turning to hate the royal family.

Also the living standards in Russia were rapidly decreasing, as food and fuel supplies were falling, and more and more people were unemployed as there was less work for farming, and more for the industrial factories, which people did not have the training for. Loved ones of families were dying helplessly on the front, this caused the down fall of the Romanov’s because it increased the dissatisfaction with the tsarist regime.

In conclusion to this, I see the war as the most significant reason to why the Romanov’s experienced the downfall in 1917, as it highlighted all the key issues that were wrong with the Russian economy and the leadership, it showed how the people of Russia felt and from this resentment of the Tsarist regime the downfall came in 1917.