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1st Romanov Ruler
Michael I came to power -
Decembrist Revolt
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 -
Alexander II Frees Serfs
Emancipation Act frees all slaves/serfs in Russia from their land and gives them their freedoms -
Vladimir Lenin is born
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Lenin's Family was Revolutionary
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 -
Last Romanov Ruler
Nicholas II -
Wars
joins WWI... war was costly and soldiers were tired -
February Revolution
people wanted socialist reforms