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Catherine the Great
-Catherine was the longest reigning female leader of the Russian Empire
-She made Russia the dominant power in south-eastern Europe -
Paul 1
-He adopted the laws of succession to the Russian throne that lasted until the end of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Empire.
-Paul emphatically reversed many of the harsh policies of his mother. -
Alexander 1
-He built many universities across Russia
-He helped form the coalition that defeated Napoleon -
Nicholas 1
-He was obsessed with the military
-Passed a law that enforced Jewish boys to join the army for 25 years. -
Alexander 2
-He freed the Russian serfs
-Lost the Crimean War -
Alexander 3
-maintained peace with his European and Asian neighbours
-He executed all those responsible for his father's death as well as all direct leaders of terrorist revolutionary groups -
Nicholas 2
-Bloody Sunday
-Russian Revolution
