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The time of troubles
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Mikahail Romanov elected tsar by the National Council, beginning the Romanov dynasty
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Rule of Peter I, first tsar to use the title 'Emperor'
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St Petersburg established as the new capital
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Romanov empire expanded to include Crimea, Ukraine, Georgia and Poland
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Napoleon Invades Russia, Russians burn all crops
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Political reform introduced political reform in Decembrist Uprising
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Crimean war, Russian loses
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Emancipation edict abolished serfdom in Russia
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Alexander II killed by the Peoples Will
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Rule of Nicholas
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Strikes in St Petersburg
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Bloody Sunday creates unrest across Russian Empire
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Grand duke Sergei Alexandrovich assassinated
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Russian Soviet was established
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Unrest reached Russian military
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Some peasant groups made more public demands for autonomy
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@ million strikers across the empire and increasing terrorist activity, Nicholas released the October Manifesto.