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| Prince of Moscow who was the first true national leader of a united Russia |
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| Began the Romanov dynasty which lasted for over 300 years |
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| Built the town of St. Petersburg to "westernize" Russia |
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| Russian empress who embraced western ideas and actively promoted the arts and science |
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Successfully led Russia in the struggle against Napoleon
Russia became the largest country in the world by Alexander's death |
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| Faced trouble during the Decembrist Revolt |
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The Czar Liberator who freed the serfs
Was assassinated |
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| Imposed strict censorship of press, blamed the Jews for his father's assassination, and subjected them to massacres called pogroms |
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| A weak ruler who lost most prestige after Russia lost the Russo-Japanese War |
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| On January 22, 1905, a priest and the large crowd who presented a petition were shot by troops |
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| An elected legislative body with limited powers established by Nicholas II after Bloody Sunday |
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Set up by the Duma to resemble a Western representative democracy
Led by Alexander Kerensky, the leader of Russia's Labor Party |
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| The most dangerous Communist revolutionary in Russia |
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| Wanted a broad party membership that included socialists and liberal democrats and advocated more peaceful methods for social change |
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| Followed Lenin's theory of a party restricted to professional revolutionaries |
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| Lenin's chief henchman who was a Russian Jew |
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| Lenin's Bolshevik military force |
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| On November 6-7, 1917, this toppled the Provisional Government |
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| Lenin's secret police that forced the people under Communism by arrest, imprisonment, torture, or death |
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