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People from all classes wanted change and and end to war

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Rasputin opposed reform measures and obtained powerful positions for his friends

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In 1916 a group of nobles murdered Rasputin fearing his increasing role in gov. affairs

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Rasputin helped cure Alexndra III son's disease and Alexandra allowed him to make political decisions

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Nicholas moved HQ to war front and wife (Czarina Alexandra) ran gov

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Russia joins WWI being unprepared with no resources; revealed the weaknesses of czarist rule and military leadership

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Nicholas create Duma (first parliament) but dissolved after 10 weeks b/c he was hesitant to share his power

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Workers and their families went to czar's Winter Palace asking for better working conditions and personal freedom but they got shot by soldiers (Bloody Sunday)

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Japan and Russia signed a series of agreements over Korea and Manchuria but Russia broke them leading to Japan attacking Russian ports

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workers unhappy with low standards of living and lack of political powers organized strikes

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gov. outlawed trade unions

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Growth of factories brought grueling working conditions, low wages, child labor

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Gov. sought foreign investors and raised taxes

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Waves of pogroms where Russian police watched people loot and destroy Jewish property

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Alexander III made Jews the target of persecution

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Alexander III made Russian the official language and forbade the use of other languages in schools

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Alexander III oppressed other national groups within Russia

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political prisoners sent to Siberia

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teachers had to send detailed reports on every student

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strict censorship codes on published materials and written docs

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No religious/language/speech freedom

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Alexander III clung to the principles of autocracy: one person in control

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Halted all reforms in Russia

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Czar Alexander II was assassinated by revolution in 1881

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secret revolutionary groups plotedd to overthrow gov.

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Army officers revolted in 1825

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Social unrest

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Cruel and oppressive leadership of 1917 czars