RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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He met with the rioters to discuss peace.
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He ordered the army to stop the riots.
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He took his family and fled the country.
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He ordered a special election.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tsar ordered the commander of the Petrograd garrison, General Khahalov, to suppress the rioting by force. But troops in the city refused. They mutinied and joined the protesters.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Russian Revolution toppled the Romanov dynasty, and Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. The royal family was arrested by the Bolsheviks and held in seclusion. On July 17, 1918, the Bolsheviks murdered Nicholas, his family, and their closest retainers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nicholas II forced to abdicate throne. Nicholas II, his wife and his children slaughtered by the Bolshevik government.
Detailed explanation-4: -On March 11, the troops of the Petrograd army garrison were called out to quell the uprising. In some encounters, regiments opened fire, killing demonstrators, but the protesters kept to the streets, and the troops began to waver. That day, Nicholas again dissolved the Duma.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1915, the czar personally took over command of the army, leaving the Czarina Alexandra in control at home.