This factor was very important in helping to stop the Revolution as it crushed attempts of rebellion, arresting thousands of revolutionaries, thousands more being exiled to Siberia. It created an element of fear within the country (which was strengthened by the Black Hundreds), preventing more spontaneous uprisings. Judging from this, it was a important factor in ending the Revolution. However, it was very volatile and susceptible to change: it only remained strong due the sustained good relationship between the Tsar and the armed forces - if either body were to disagree with one another, the petty mutinies would have developed into full-scale insurrection against the government. Clearly, this 'strong ' factor could have been easily reduced to nothingness were the two parties to ever fall out with one another; this is what we see in the 1917 Revolution where the government lacked the support of the army. Also, the disunity of the revolutionaries meant that the task that the efficient Cossack army faced - to diffuse domestic disorder - was "as easy as stabbing fish in a
This factor was very important in helping to stop the Revolution as it crushed attempts of rebellion, arresting thousands of revolutionaries, thousands more being exiled to Siberia. It created an element of fear within the country (which was strengthened by the Black Hundreds), preventing more spontaneous uprisings. Judging from this, it was a important factor in ending the Revolution. However, it was very volatile and susceptible to change: it only remained strong due the sustained good relationship between the Tsar and the armed forces - if either body were to disagree with one another, the petty mutinies would have developed into full-scale insurrection against the government. Clearly, this 'strong ' factor could have been easily reduced to nothingness were the two parties to ever fall out with one another; this is what we see in the 1917 Revolution where the government lacked the support of the army. Also, the disunity of the revolutionaries meant that the task that the efficient Cossack army faced - to diffuse domestic disorder - was "as easy as stabbing fish in a