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The serfs (rural slaves) were freed
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Economy slowed and an unsuccesful war waged on
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Men, women, children marched to czar's winter palace
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Czar dissolves two dumas
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World War I highlighted the weakness of Czar rule
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Russian nobles, loyal to czar, murdered Rasputin
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The Russian people rebelled against Czar Nicholas II
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Strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out
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the government forced Czar Nicholas to abdicate
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Nicholas and his family were later taken into custody. The Bolsheviks killed them at Yekaterinburg
