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The Time of Troubles
The time of troubles was a period of history comprising the years of interregnum between the fall of the Rurik Dynasty and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty -
Mikhail Romanov elected
Mikhail Romanoc elected tsar (emperor of Russia) by the National Council, beginning the Romanov dynasty -
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Rule Of Peter I
Rule of Peter 'I (the Great), first tsar to use the title 'emperor' -
St Petersberg
St Petersburg established as the new capital -
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Romanov empire expansion
Romanov empire expanded to include Crimea, Ukraine, Georgia and some parts of Poland -
Napoleon invaded Russia
Napoleon invaded Russia; Tsar Alexander I ordered the burning of Moscow, resulting in Napoleon's defeat -
Decembrist Uprising
Russian army officers tried to force the new tsar, Nicholas I, to introduce political reform in the Decembrist uprising -
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Crimean War
Crimean War resulted in a humiliating defeat for Russia -
Abolishing of serfdom
Emancipation Edict abolished serfdom in Russian -
Alexander II assination
Alexander II assassinated by terrorist group The People's Will -
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Rule of Nicholas II
Rule of Nicholas II -
Democratic Party split
Russian Social Democratic Party split into Menshevik and Bolshevik factions -
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Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War resulted in the 1905 Revolution and the announcement of October Manifesto -
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WW1
Russia involved in First World War -
Nicholas II abdicated
Nicholas II abdicated and power was transferred to the Provisional Government -
Bolshevik Party
Bolshevik Party seized power from the Provisional Government in a coup -
Romanov family
The Romanov family executed in Ekaterinburg by Bolshevik agents as the Russian Civil War escalated