Russia becomes A Constitutional Monarchy

How could Russia become a Constiutional Monarchy? Several PODs come to my mind:

1. Tsar Alexander II surives and goes on to accept the constitution he was considering (I realize this is before 1900)

2. Tsar Nicholas II enacts real reforms and accepts a constitution after the Revolution of 1905.

3. The Monarchy is more respected in 1917, (maybe a different non-German Empress and no Rasputin would help) so the February revolutionaries set up a Consititutional Monarchy instead of a republic.

Which POD do you think is the best? Are there any other PODs you can think of, if so please share.
 
I thought Prince Lvov wanted a Constitutional Monarchy?

Of course... events happened. But the idea was there in 1917.
 
the Russian Parliament originally wanted to make Olga, Nicholas II's daughter, regent for her brother Alexei.

Putting Olga on the throne or making her Regent is regarded by many in Russian history circles as being the best option for the Romanovs had it been able to be done.
 
the Russian Parliament originally wanted to make Olga, Nicholas II's daughter, regent for her brother Alexei.

Putting Olga on the throne or making her Regent is regarded by many in Russian history circles as being the best option for the Romanovs had it been able to be done.

When was this? How old was Olga's at the time?
 
the Russian Parliament originally wanted to make Olga, Nicholas II's daughter, regent for her brother Alexei.

Putting Olga on the throne or making her Regent is regarded by many in Russian history circles as being the best option for the Romanovs had it been able to be done.

Why?

Olga was from what has been written about her, obstinate, reserved, imperious etc. Many of the characteristics which alienated her mother Alexandra from the Imperial court. She was apparently extremely Russian in outlook but then so was her mother the Tsarina Alexandra, who rejected her German origins and became absolutely obsessed by Russian and the Orthodox faith.

I believe Tatiana was considered the most intelligent of the 4 daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra, however all 4 were ridiculously shielded from reality and were very immature, kept by their parents in a close knit environment completely removed from the realities. All 4 daughters were also as much in the thrall of Rasputin as their mother.

Whichever daughter was called upon as a regent would have likely been dominated by whichever man they married. The only reason why anyone would have favoured putting Olga as a regent for a small ill child was because they were convinced she would have been nothing more than a figurehead.
 
Lets say Olga is made regent, when would Alexi be legally able to rule by himself, when he is 18, 21 or what (assuming he surives to adulthood)?
 
Pretty much impossible with a post-1900 POD. Avoiding entanglement with WWI is impossible, and the experience was just inevitably too destabilizing. By 1917, a moderate social democrat and liberal like Kerensky couldn't stay in power. How would a constitutional monarch with ties to the hated reactionary aristocracy have a chance?
 
Pretty much impossible with a post-1900 POD. Avoiding entanglement with WWI is impossible, and the experience was just inevitably too destabilizing. By 1917, a moderate social democrat and liberal like Kerensky couldn't stay in power. How would a constitutional monarch with ties to the hated reactionary aristocracy have a chance?

So do you think that the POD with Tsar Alexander II would work or would I have to go back way futher to make this work?
 
So do you think that the POD with Tsar Alexander II would work or would I have to go back way futher to make this work?
Perhaps. Obviously, it's not a guarantee, but it is doable. As a rapidly modernizing state, Russia will have considerable instability, especially given the huge number of ethnicities living under it.
 
Isn't that what a constitutional monarch is? A figurehead?

Not necessarily. A constitutional monarch is one whose powers are delimited in a constitution, whether written or customary.

These days, yes that means a figurehead, but the long evolution of the british monarchy from ,,rules absolutely, but occasionally has to call parliament for extra funds,, to ,,figurehead,, gives a good example of the process. Wiiliam and Mary, say were far from figureheads.

Kaiser Wilhelm was a constitutional monarch, technically. He sure wasnt a figurehead.
 
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