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Period: to
First Romonov Ruler
Michael Romonov (Mikhail Feodorovich) -
Nicholas I action to maintain power
Divided the Chancery into sections and made a new code of law in the Second Section; gave structure and order -
Alexander I significant event
Emancipation Law of 1861; serfs could marry, own land and argue court cases and were paid; Alexander II thought it was the only way to prevent them from revolting -
Vladimir Lenin
Born April 22, 1870; By being exiled to Siberia for three years and then in Switzerland, he was able to think about the revolution which lead him to being leader of it. -
Period: to
Last Romonov Ruler
Nicholas II -
Czar Abdicates
1.The strikes and revolts in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) after the February Revolution
2. Loss in Russo-Japanese War