The Romanovs

The Czar's full name and title is: the Saint Czar Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov II of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. Alexandrovich is a Russian custom in which the middle name is derived from the name of the father, and ends with either the suffix -vich for men or -aevna for women. For example, Nicholas was named AlexandroVICH after his father, Alexander. His daugthers received their middle name NikolAEVNA from their father's name, Nicholas.

he was the first cousin and spitting image of Britain's King George V so when the British parliament granted the czar and his family asylum the King had it reversed. Obviously he did not want a former royal looking like him hanging around his country as a reminder to people that royalty are not God's chosen and could in one motion end up as normal people with no kingdom. As the changing of his family name from the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha illustrated the royal family in Britain are forever very carefully managing their image to prevent losing their place despite saying that they are there with the full support of the people.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia was born on 1826-05-26.

In US government they give advice to the president. They have been around since Reagan. They have been criticized by the right wing media because of their name but they fail to mention they were originally appointed by Reagan. The difference is that Reagan's "czar's" were people well established in Government and had a good understanding of our political system. Over 100 individuals inside the current Administration have not file taxes as of last year! Imagine what happens if you tried that!?

Nicholas' father was disappointed with his heir, and did not prepare him for Tsardom. Nicholas had no idea how to run the country, and worse, he did not like change. Likewise, his wife, Alexandra, was raised by her grandmother, Queen Victoria, who was also very old fashioned. When his people cried for improvement, he dug in his heels, fearful of losing his power and disappointing his deceased father even more. He was deaf to the pleas from his people, and only made minor changes when he felt he had no other choice, but did so with a grimace plastered to his face. During the Great War (WWI) he left to fight on the battle front leaving his incompetent wife in charge of the largest nation on the earth. Nicholas also had poor military skills, and after a humiliating defeat by the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese war, the whispers of revolt began to spread.

Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks when the Russian monarchy was overthrown, BUT, the Bolsheviks were not the ones who overthrew the monarchy. That had already been done six months earlier.

Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917 when he abdicated in March. Communist rule was not established until the end of October that year when the October Revolution by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (later renamed Communists) overthrew Russia's Provisional Government and took over.

Czar Nicholas II and his family were kidnapped and killed on July 17, 1918. The Czar, his wife Tsarina Alexandra and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, along with others that followed them into exile were rounded up and shot.

Alexander Kerensky was the Russian Prime Minister who was forced to resign as a result of the Russian Revolution (and who died in exile). Czar Nicholas II had already abdicated, prior to the revolution (but was executed anyway by the vengeful Bolsheviks).

The Tsar was afraid because a democratically elected Duma meant sharing governmental power with representatives of the general population. The Tsars were autocratic monarchs and allowed no interference with or participation in governing the country. The very last thing any such ruler wants is to permit the general population to have a say in how the country should be governed. Some Tsars, especially Nicholas II, felt that they were divinely ordained to rule and that sharing political power would practically be a sin against the Russian Orthodox Church.

The death of Czar Nicholas II was not the cause of any war. World War I broke because he had allied himself with Serbia and sent troops against the Central Powers. His death did not cause the Russian Civil War either since he was murdered during it. With that said, a good number of counter revolutionaries favored the Romanov's return to power. Lenin, by his cruel execution of the Czar and his family ended that idea.

Himself.

On July 30, 1904, a little boy was born to Nicholas and Alexandra called Alexis in memory of the second Romanov tsar, but within months of Alexis' birth the child began to bleed and it could not be stopped. He was the victim of Hemophilia which was inherited from his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. Alexandra tried miracle workers, praying without success and she feared her son (the only male Heir) would die. Fortunately the bleeding would stop for a period of time, but start up again without any warning. When Alexis was a year old and it was close to this time when Rasputin returned to St. Petersburg after a two-year hiatus. Alexandria summoned her to him to see if he could cure Alexis. Rasputin was capable of putting a stop to the Alexis' bleedings. Many people have tried to explain the nature of Rasputin's power over the child. Some have claimed that Rasputin did indeed have holy powers. Others, believe that Rasputin was able to hypnotize Alexis and therefore cause the bleedings to stop. However Rasputin managed to stop Alexis' suffering, the truth of the matter was that he gained Nicholas and Alexandra's undivided support.

you happened. when your mom and your dad came together they sexual intercoursed until she fainted. then he nuted inside of her. #Simple why are you making it complicated? its easy....*sighs heavily*

Nicholas Romanov II was Czar before the Russian Revolution.

The communist Bolsheviks took over during the November Revolution.

He had five children. Four daughters and a son. His oldest daughter was Olga, born november 15, 1895. His second daughter was Tatiana, born June 10, 1897, then Maria on June 26, 1899 and finally Anastasia on June 18, 1901. Tsesarevich Alexei was born August 12, 1904. The patronym given to te girls was Nikolaevna and Alexei was Nikolaevich. The 4 girls were grand duchess' and Alexei the tsarevich. They were all imperial highnesses

It is called oligarchy.

Well, I wouldn't say he actually gave up his throne. It had more to do with the fact that he was dragged off it during the October 1917 Bolshevik revolution and had his throat cut or somesuch. He was dead, anyway, and so were all his family. Unfortunately, all the people got out of their revolution was Stalin, who made the Czar and any of his excesses look like a vacation in Hawaii. People feel sorry for the Jews. The Russians have had it at least as bad, if you ask me.

The October or Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 is the event that ultimately led to the Russian withdrawal from World War 1. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918 was the formal end to Russia's involvement.

The Germans launched Operation Michael (commonly known as the German Spring Offensive of 1918).

Operation Michael introduced new methods of warfare, and were the testing grounds for the Storm Trooper (Stoßstruppen), men that were equipped and trained specifically to break through the weak points in enemy defenses and be able to weaken trenches and their support significantly, allowing the armies that followed them to defeat the trench easily; breaking the deadlock on the Western Front.

In the offensive and battles that followed, the Germans managed to make massive (in first world war terms) territorial gains that had not been seen since the opening days of 1914. Eventually the offensive outstretched itself and petered out, and was finally reversed during the Battle of Amiens.

The Spring Offensive was essentially Germany's last ditch effort to win the First World War, you could call it the Kaiser's Gambit; the German field armies were desperately trying to outrun defeat at home with victory on the battlefield, since public support for the war was waning very quickly. The Americans were also beginning to land in France, the manpower on the Entente side would soon stack up significantly against the Central Powers, and if the opportunity was not siezed upon, it was thought, the Germans would have no chance to bring an end to the war.

The Russian parliament (or legislature, congress, etc.)- the representative body to which a small electorate chose members.

Russia, because he was the Tsar, or ruler, of Russia until he abdicated the throne in 1917.

During WWI the Czar of Russia was Nicolas Romanov II. He was the cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; this lead to unrest between Russia and Germany as the war progressed.