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Mikhail Romanov was the first of the Romanov Dynasty and Czars.
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He had an extremely large military of 1 million soldiers and Russia only had a population of 60 million.
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He was a humanitarian and brought about many reforms to end Serfdom and create a better gov't with a judicial system in place modeled after France.
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His brother and father were both killed by the government because they were suspicious of them. They thought they could have a negative effect on society.
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-Nicholas retracted his signed manifesto that would give Russians civil liberties
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Czar Nicholas II was dethroned and shot in july 17 1917