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Michael I came to power
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Army led 3,000 protestors against Nicholas' assumption to power after his older brother said he didn't want to take the throne. Nicholas put down the revolt quickly
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Emancipation Act frees all slaves/serfs in Russia from their land and gives them their freedoms
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His father was almost forced to retire early when government officials thought public schools were a threat. His brother was arrested in 1887 because he was accused of an assassination plan to kill the tzar
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Nicholas II
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joins WWI... war was costly and soldiers were tired
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people wanted socialist reforms