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1 day ago · While rains and a quick response by Russian troops saved many buildings, parts of the Kremlin were irreparably damaged. During the reigns of the tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I, the Kremlin was rebuilt and expanded. In 1849 the Great Kremlin Palace, designed by Russian architect Konstantin Ton, was completed.
3 days ago · The Russian monarchy ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II during the February Revolution, and Russia was in a state of political flux. A tense summer culminated in the October Revolution, where the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government of the new Russian Republic.
1 day ago · Nicholas II was the last emperor of Russia, reigning from 1894 to 1917. Peter the Great changed his title from tsar to emperor in order to secure Russia's position in the European states system.
4 days ago · 1888–1918) often wrote letters to his cousin Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, praising him as the "saviour of the white race" and urging Russia forward in Asia.
- Manchuria, Yellow Sea, Korea, Sea of Japan
- Japanese victoryTreaty of Portsmouth
4 days ago · Enforced Enlightenment as a Strategy for De-Judaization: Baltic Jews in the Russian Empire under Nicholas I Summary This study investigates the complex and often strained relationship between the Russian Empire and the Baltic Jewish diaspora (also known as Ostsee Jews), particularly during the reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855).
3 days ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.
1 day ago · Dr Philip Boobbyer. University of Kent. Citation: Dr Philip Boobbyer, review of Russian Conservatism and its Critics: A Study in Political Culture, (review no. 532) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/532. Date accessed: 18 May, 2024. This book is an overview of Russian conservative ideology from roughly 1500 to the First World War.
