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Why were they killing their own people?

Why did they give land to the peasants and declare republic?

Why didn't they remove Nicholas from power to someone experienced?

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1. a single powerful family ruled the empire, the Romanovs, for over 330 years.

2. In the early 1900's the empire was relatively ineffective.

3. Nicholas soon demonstrated that he was not cut out to be a ruler with ultimate power.

4. Alexandra was a foreign born.

5. NIcholas and Alexandra had four daughters and one son.

------------------------------------------- 1. How did he bleed?

2. Was Nicholas too young to rule or was he not smart enough to rule?

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Tsar nicholas the 2nd wife had big influence over the government

Alexandra and Nicolas where first cousins

The royal family called upon a peasant to heal their son

Nicholas and Alexandria made the peasant a powerful man

Before russia fell the royal family had control for 330 years

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Why couldn't he make decissions?

Why did he marry a German women?

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The Romanovs ruled the empire

Alexandra's influence played a big part

Nicholas didn't make good decisions and could not assert his power

He didn't care about his people or government

Because his wife was foreign many of his people assumed she was pro-german

Questions:

Why didn't they just find a better ruler?

Why did Alexandra have any influence on him?

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Children starving in Russia -K

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Bloody Sunday, St. Petersburg 1905. It was a big massacre of the citizens of Russia by their own government.

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People are being starved as a form of torture. The peasants feared the soldiers. Millions of people were killed and there were piles of dead bodies. Things were being taken from the people and famine began.

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Stealing other belongings.

Trying to get rid of the kulaks.

Why are they trying to get rid of that group of people?

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People barged into homes and took there property.

Corpses were pilled up like bails of straw.

why did they get rid of the bodies like that?

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HUsband was arrested and shot with confiscation of property

She wasn't allowed to have children after his arrest

Why couldn't she have any more kids?

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Asked to sign lies about himself and his comrades.

Kept him standing day and night for 5 days.

Why would they want him to lie about himself and his comrades?

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estimated between 6 million to 7 million deaths

1933 kraine stated the famine was a succes

why would famine be a good thing?