Tsar nicholas ii execution
Inside The Brutal Execution Of The Romanov Family!
Tsar nicholas ii execution
The Execution of
Tsar Nicholas II, 1918
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The mounting pressures of World War I, combined with years of injustice, toppled the rule of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917.
Forced to abdicate, he was replaced by a Provisional Government committed to continuing the war.
Increasing losses at the front and the fear of a German advance on Moscow eroded what little support remained for the war
The Romanov Family all were executed Place your cursor on each for more information |
Capitalizing on this situation, the Germans secretly transported the exiled Vladimir Lenin in a sealed train from Switzerland to Russia in the hope he would enflame the turmoil. German expectations were realized on the night of November 6-7 when Lenin led the Bolsheviks in a successful attempt to grab the reigns of power in St.
Petersburg. Anti-Bolshevik forces (the White Russians) immediately took up arms to oust the Com