Their lives aren’t quite their own: unless they succumb to the self-destruction of abdication ... be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs. He never asked or wanted to be tsar of Russia ...

On March 8, 1917, protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of rioting that resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the end of ...

That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that bordered Turkey ... Three hundred years of Romanov rule came to an end with Nicholas IIÍs abdication in 1917. After the Bolshevik Party came ...

Tsar Nicholas II makes a public address on July 20 ... In the euphoric atmosphere following the abdication, a temporary or "provisional" authority stepped in to run the country.

This all changed in 1917 with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the overthrow of the Tsarist regime. In February 1917, the Imperial Porcelain Factory became the State Porcelain Factory.

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas ...