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Nicholas II
The Last of the Romanovs
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Nicholas II(1868 -1918)
• reigned 1894-1917
• last tsar of Russia
-was forced to abdicate
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Russo-Japanese War(1904-05)
• a result of Nicholas's interest in Russian expansion in the Far East
• Russia loses
-the death knell of the “Old Order”
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Japan initiates hostilities by surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
They gain naval superiority, which helps them win the war.
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Father Gapon led a peaceful protest of over 200,000 loyal subjects of the tsar.
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The purpose of the protest was to communicate to the tsar grievances held by the people.
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Over 500 people are killed by the tsar’s troops.
The massacre is recorded in Russian history as Bloody Sunday.
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Results of the Russo-Japanese War
• Russia suffers humiliation at the hands of the Japanese
• helped touch off the Russian Revolution of 1905
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The tsar was forced to grant the Russian people a parliament.
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The Russian Parliament is known as the Duma.
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Petr Arkdievich
Stolypin
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World War I(1914-1918)
Russia was unprepared for war:
• was still recovering from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
• many troops sent to front unarmed (up to 1 out of 3)
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Russia suffered many defeats.
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Three-quarters of Russia’s troops become casualties.
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At one point Nicholas II personally took command of the army and ran the war.
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Grigory Rasputin
• religious mystic• gained the trust of the tsarina
-allegedly had the ability to heal the tsarevitch of his hemophellia
• was seen as a harmful influence
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• ends Russia’s involvement in World War I
• negotiated between Bolshevik Russia and Germans
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Russia exchanged 1/4 of its land, 1/3 of its population, and 1/2 of its industry for peace.
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Nicholas and his family were sent to internal exile by the Bolsheviks.
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Death of a Dynasty
• the Romanov royal family was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918-their remains were dumped down an abandoned mine shaft, which was then sealed-up and forgotten
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Why?