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On the 8-th of March, 1917, women's demonstrations in tsarist Russia resulted in the tsar's edict giving women the right to vote.
Russia was a Tsarist state between 1547 and 1721.
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The Russian Orthodox Church was dominant during Tsarist Russia. It was virtually the state religion of Russia. Many inhabitants of Russia were Muslim, (especially in area near the Ottoman Empire in southern Russia) but the dominant religion was Russian Orthodox.
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Tsar Nicholas II was the leader of Tsarist Russia in World War 1.
Whilst doing a-level history I found John Hite's book, Tsarist Russia, 1801-1917, really useful. It was layed out really well and the information was easy to interoperate.
The vast majority of Russia's population neither liked or disliked Lenin, Marksism or communism. They wanted freedom from the Tsarist regime.
Japan had been financing some of the discontent in Russia, and financing support for the anti-Tsarist movement; as part of their war with Tsarist Russia. These covert operations helped advance Lenin and his cause; which would ulitimately succeed in 1917.
The Emancipation Edict was enacted by Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1861, which officially abolished serfdom in the Russian Empire.
He refused the imperial crown of Russia after his brother Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in 1918. In doing so, he contributed to the inevitable fall of Tsarist Russia.
Tsarist Russia fought Japan in 1904-1905. The US fought Japan in WW2, 1941-1945.