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First reign began 22 July 1613.
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his reforms, specifically the emancipation of he serfs in 1861, has been described as ‘probably the greatest single piece of state-directed social engineering in modern European history prior to the twentieth century."
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Lenin argued for a streamlined party leadership community, one that would lead a network of lower party organizations and their workers. “Give us an organization of revolutionaries,” Lenin said, “and we will overturn Russia!”
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adopted an aggressive policy toward the neighboring empires to the south, namely the Ottoman Empire as well as Persia. censored books, limited education and send secret police to find reformers
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Reign ended March 15th 1917
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Fisrt he led his country into another costly war, and discontent in Russia grew as food became scarce, soldiers became war-weary, and devastating defeats on the eastern front demonstrated the czar’s ineffectual leadership. Then the army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms.