HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nicholas II of Russia, (May 18, 1868 – July 17, 1918) was the last Tsar (Emperor) of the Russian Empire. He became Tsar in 1894 after his father, Tsar Alexander III died. His reign lasted until the 1917 Russian Revolution. Empire ended, next Russian Head of State and Government is Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tsar Nicholas II was the cousin of King George V, who was the Queen’s grandfather. George V’s mother was Alexandra Princess of Wales, the sister of Nicholas’ mother, Dagmar of Denmark. Tsar Nicholar and King George V were known for looking uncannily similar and had a close friendship.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nicholas II was the last Tsar of the Russian Empire who ruled between 1894 and 1917 under the official title of ‘Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Dumas supported a constitutional monarchy that would leave Nicholas as Czar, but it wanted to put the real power of Russia in the hands of the democratically elected Dumas. Nicholas opposed losing any of his power. As soon as he could, he dissolved the Dumas and made many people in Russia very angry.