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Feb 3, 1547
Anastasia Zakharyina, married Ivan IV
First Romanov to assume power -
Nicholaus I popularizes censorship in Russia
He had Taras Shevchenko exiled to Siberia for writing a poem mocking the Czar, his wife and his foreign policy. -
Alexander II frees all serfs
He became known as Alexander the Liberator -
Vladimir Lenin was born
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Lenin's brother was executed
This began his contempt for the standing governemnt of Russia -
Russia loses the Russo- Japanese war
This creates unrest in the Russia population -
Russia joins WWI
This would lead to be a war that killed a huge amount of the Russian population and caused country wide famine -
Nocholas II was executed as the last Czar of Russia