WI Grand Duke Michael accept becoming tsar of Russia

The czars were discredited, the war had taken its toll, Bolsheviks already have too much strength.

All the promises in the world won't make a bit of difference to save the empire.

It would have to be pre war to stand a chance. Actually 1905 -1910 are the best times, give real understanding of the Petrograd uprising, give constitutional reform and power to the Duma.

It was a very tough time. Michael would have been better at dealing with this but the issues remain.

Germany respecting Russia for starters .. Obviously someone with more backbone than Nicky would help
Russia performing real reforms internally

Avoid the war. Russia needed time to industrialize and modernize, both politically, socially, militarily and industrially.

Russia didn't need anymore territory or minorities in the empire than it had.
Finland and Poland were thorns, but manageable.

Michael stepping in the day after Nicki abdicates is like a one way ticket to the gallows.

Karensky was pushing for a social democracy, and obviously Lenin and Trotsky were inclined to communism.

Granted if you had enough help the whites could have won, but that doesn't mean a Romanov would retake the throne. Especially after ww 1 is concluded.
 
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