Russia revolution
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Updated: 24 Jul 2018
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Created byHakeem Dimozantos
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The February Revolution begins,
90,000 men and women take to
the streets of the Russian capital
Petrograd.The strike spread among the Petrogaurd workers
and mobs of workers destroy police stations.The Petrogaurd army were called during the
uprising. In some cases the army were forced to
open fire killing some of the rioters. But the
protesters kept to the street and the soldiers
switched there support to the protesters.The Imperial government was forced to resign
and Nicolas II abdicated the throne
ending almost four years of czarist rule.
Nicholas became the last tsar in history.Nicholas II or Nikolay Aleksandrovich was born in
Pushkin, Russia.Nicholas was assassinated at Ipatiev House, Russia.With very little governmental experience
Nicholas succeeds his father Alexander III,
and was crowned Tsar
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