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End of the "Time of Trouble"
A zemsky sobor ends the "Time of Troubles" and Michael Romanov becomes the first Romanov leader. -
Decembrist Revolt
Nicholas I was frightened by the revolt and exiled the officers who participated in the revolt and had the leaders hanged. -
Alexander II's most significant reform
Alexander II emancipated the serfs, for which he is known as "Alexander the Liberator" -
Birth of Lenin
Lenin was born April 22, 1870 in Ulyanovsk, Russia. -
Czar Nicholas II ABdicated
He was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents and the devastating events on the eastern front that showed Nicholas II's ineffectual leadership. -
October Revolution
This helped bring Lenin to power, as he was the leader of this revolution in which the Winter Palace and capitol were seized. -
Tsar Romanov and his family are shot
On July 17, 1918 Tsar Nicholas II and his family are shot. This marks the end of the ROmanov Dynasty.