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Tsar Nicholas. He and his family were brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. It takes real courage to gun down a 10 year old boy and his teenaged sisters. They even shot the family dog. This is what made the Communists such fan favorites around the world.

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The Russian "king" was called the Czar or Tzar

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