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The Soviet Union came into being in 1917 as a result of the Russian Revolution. At least, that was when Russia ceased to be ruled by the Tsar.
Tsar Alexander III ruled Russia from 1881 (the year his father Alexander II was assassinated) to 1894 (the year Alexander III died).
Russians consider 862 as the year their country began due to the establishment of the Kievan Rus', a federation of Slavic tribes, under the leadership of the Varangian prince Rurik. According to historical accounts, Rurik was invited to rule over the Slavs in Novgorod, marking the beginning of a centralized state. This event is often viewed as the foundation of Russian statehood and is significant in the context of national identity. The year symbolizes the start of a unified political entity that eventually evolved into modern Russia.
The Romanov family were important in that they had much influence in Russia. From 1600 to 1917, a Romanov ruled Russia. The end came in 1917 as last Russian Tsar was overthrown in 1917. Later that year the Bolshevik's took Russia out of WW 1.
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, along with his wife, 5 children and 4 servants, was executed on June 17, 1917. Nicholas was the last tsar to rule the Russian Empire and the end of the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
From the year 1613 to 1917, there were 18 tsars who ruled Russia. The last tsar, Nicholas II, abdicated in 1917 and was subsequently killed along with his family, in 1918 by the Bolsheviks.
The Soviet Union came into being in 1917 as a result of the Russian Revolution. At least, that was when Russia ceased to be ruled by the Tsar.
Along with his family, Tsar Nicholas II was shot by firing squad in the year of 1918, in a house in Ekaterinburg. The Romanovs' bodies were buried near the location of their death but have since been exhumed and venerated in the Peter-and-Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia as martyred saints.
Tsar Alexander III ruled Russia from 1881 (the year his father Alexander II was assassinated) to 1894 (the year Alexander III died).
Russians consider 862 as the year their country began due to the establishment of the Kievan Rus', a federation of Slavic tribes, under the leadership of the Varangian prince Rurik. According to historical accounts, Rurik was invited to rule over the Slavs in Novgorod, marking the beginning of a centralized state. This event is often viewed as the foundation of Russian statehood and is significant in the context of national identity. The year symbolizes the start of a unified political entity that eventually evolved into modern Russia.
The Romanov family were important in that they had much influence in Russia. From 1600 to 1917, a Romanov ruled Russia. The end came in 1917 as last Russian Tsar was overthrown in 1917. Later that year the Bolshevik's took Russia out of WW 1.
The last czar (or, tsar) of Imperial Russia was Nicholas II (1868-1918). Deposed in 1917 by Communist revolutionaries, Nicholas II died one year later at the hands of the same revolutionaries, thereby ending the imperial age in Russia and beginning the Communist era.
300 years of Tsarist rule ended in 1917 when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March after the first revolution in Russia in 1917. Although the Tsar abdicated in March, Russia was not taken over by the Communists until October 1917.
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The Russian Provisional Government first under Prince Georgy Lvov then under Alexander Kerensky were in charge of the government in Russia just before the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917. The Provisional Government had taken over from Tsar Nicholas II in March of that year.