In Yekaterinburg, Russia, there was a family that got executed. Czar Nicholas the 11 and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks family. Thus bringing an end to the three century old Romanov dynasty.
Nicholas Romanov was crowned in 1896. He being one of the many rulers was never trained to rule. Which did not help him with the people. After the big horrible Russo-Japanese war there was an even bigger Revolution, and this was the Russian Revolution of 1905. The Russian Revolution was a changing point for all history. It is a story of changing powers in the modern days. This revolution end after Nicholas approved a representative assembly the Duma and promised constitution forms. The czar got rid of these concessions and kept letting go of the Duma when it came up, contributing to the growing public support for the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups. In 1914 Nicholas the 11 led Russia into another war, World War One, that Russia wasn’t prepared to win. As the war went on food became scarce, soldiers became tired and terrible defeats by Germany demonstrated the ineffectiveness of Russia under Nicholas.
In March 1917, revolution broke out on the streets of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and Nicholas was forced to abdicate his throne later that month. That …show more content…
The Crown Prince Alexei and one Romanov daughter were not accounted for, fueling the persistent legend that Anastasia, the youngest Romanov daughter, had survived the execution of her family. Of the several “Anastasia's” that surfaced in Europe in the decade after the Russian Revolution, Anna Anderson, who died in the United States in 1984, was the most convincing. In 1994, however, scientists used DNA to prove that Anna Anderson was not the czar’s daughter but a Polish woman named Franziska
Nicholas Romanov was crowned in 1896. He being one of the many rulers was never trained to rule. Which did not help him with the people. After the big horrible Russo-Japanese war there was an even bigger Revolution, and this was the Russian Revolution of 1905. The Russian Revolution was a changing point for all history. It is a story of changing powers in the modern days. This revolution end after Nicholas approved a representative assembly the Duma and promised constitution forms. The czar got rid of these concessions and kept letting go of the Duma when it came up, contributing to the growing public support for the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups. In 1914 Nicholas the 11 led Russia into another war, World War One, that Russia wasn’t prepared to win. As the war went on food became scarce, soldiers became tired and terrible defeats by Germany demonstrated the ineffectiveness of Russia under Nicholas.
In March 1917, revolution broke out on the streets of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and Nicholas was forced to abdicate his throne later that month. That …show more content…
The Crown Prince Alexei and one Romanov daughter were not accounted for, fueling the persistent legend that Anastasia, the youngest Romanov daughter, had survived the execution of her family. Of the several “Anastasia's” that surfaced in Europe in the decade after the Russian Revolution, Anna Anderson, who died in the United States in 1984, was the most convincing. In 1994, however, scientists used DNA to prove that Anna Anderson was not the czar’s daughter but a Polish woman named Franziska