Russia

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Russia

  • Michael I becomes first Romanov Tsar of Russia

  • Nicholas the I and the government exercised censorship and other controls over education, publishing, and all manifestations of public life

  • Alexander the II frees all Serfs with the Emanicipation Reform

  • Vladimir Lenin is born

  • Lenin's brother is executed

  • Bloody Sunday 200 protesters killed

  • Inflation of 131% occurs

  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates throne