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Alexandra Fyodorovna, was Empress consort of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire
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Nicholas II became tsar in 1884
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Alexei was born on 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 in Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He was the youngest of five children and the only son born to Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
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Rapid growth of (discontented) working class
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Tsar paid no attention to the Duma; it was harassed and political parties suppressed – only token land reform was passed
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Nicholas was personally a very weak man; he became increasingly remote as a ruler
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the begining of World War 1. When war began
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War revealed the ineptitude and arrogance of the country’s aristocratic elite
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massive defeat at hands of Hindenburg and Ger
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Alexandra and Rasputin throw the government into chaos
Alexandra and other high government officials accused of treason -
He particularly influenced the czarina, and when Nicholas departed to lead Russian forces in World War I, Rasputin effectively ruled Russia through her. In the early hours of December 30, 1916, a group of nobles lured Rasputin to Yusupovsky Palace, where they attempted to poison him.
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The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), then capital of Russia. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government
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Russian Revolution – November 1917. Following the March Revolution, in November 1917 Russia got the world's first communist government. Lead by Lenin, communists took over the vital city of St Petrograd and removed the Provisional Government from power
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the death of nicholas wife and mother of Alexis
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The end of the long war
