Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Abdicates.
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| Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. |
Tsar Nikolas II, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, was forced to abdicate when he lost the support of the Russian Army amid growing political unrest and widespread demonstrations. In October 1917, the Bolsheviks overthrew Alexander Kerensky's moderate provisional government. Following the harsh peace treaty with Germany in March 1918, Russia erupted into civil war. On 17 July 1918, as anti-Bolshevik 'White' Russian forces approached Yekaterinburg, the Tsar and his family were murdered. The Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, almost certainly gave the order to shoot them.
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