Leon Trotsky was a pivotal figure in the 1905 and October 1917 revolutions. A close ally of Vladimir Lenin, he served as ...

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Living in religious societies that by and large feel victimized by communism or its effects, many Russian ... Nicholas II, the czar whose reign the revolution ended. Yet ahead of the centenary ...

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One century ago this year, Russia ... The Russian bourgeoisie was too weak to govern; the Provisional Government set up after the staggeringly incompetent Tsar Nicholas II abdicated never had ...

who wielded undue influence over Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But the conspiracy backfired, hastening the coming Russian Revolution Carolyn Harris; Updated by Sonja Anderson The Soviet ...

In 1894 Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia. Along with his German-born wife ... The civil service helped the Tsar run the Russian Empire, performing his will and maintaining his authority.

Aristocrats plotted to kill the Siberian peasant, who wielded undue influence over Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But the conspiracy backfired, hastening the coming Russian Revolution The ...