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Her original name was Alix of Hesse. She had to converto to Orthodoxy in order to become tsaritsa of Russia, so she was baptized again as Alexandra Fyodorovna. The imperial family was canonized eighty years after the execution and she's now Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer.

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When was the last czar of Russia executed?

Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, died in the early morning hours of July 17, 1918. He was not killed during the Russian Revolutions in 1917.


Russian revolutionaries who took control of the government in November 1917 and pledged to make peace with Germany?

The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin were the Russian revolutionaries that took control of the government in 1917. In March 1918, they changed their name to Communists.The Bolsheviks, later calling themselves Communists, were the Russian revolutionaries who took control of Russia in 1917.


What was the name of the Russian socialist revolutionaries under Vladimir Lenin in 1918?

The Russian socialist revolutionaries under Lenin were known as Bolsheviks until March 1918 when they adopted the name Communists at their Seventh Party Congress. Note: The 'Bolsheviks' as a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party are not to be confused with another socialist party named 'Socialist Revolutionaries.' This question specifically uses the term "socialist revolutionaries," but it obviously does not mean the political party that was then known as the "Socialist Revolutionaries," because the "Socialist Revolutionaries" were abolished by the Communists.


What allied nation dropped out of war in 1918?

Russia


What is Tsar Nicholas II famous for?

Nicholas the Second was the last czar of Russia. He reigned from 1894 to 1917. He was married to Czarina Alexandra and had 5 children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei. He and his family were killed by firing squad on July 17, 1918. His arrest and death were the beginnings of the Bolsheviks overthrow of czarist Russia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia for more information.

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When was the last czar of Russia executed?

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What czar of Russia who gave up the throne in march 1917 and was executed by the revolutionaries in July 1918?

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