https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao A timeline of the events that are detailed in the informational novel by Candance Fleming en-us 2022-10-28 18:41:23 UTC 2022-10-31 01:48:38 UTC hello@padlet.com anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362445274 Emperor Nicholas's costume ball in the Winter Palace. 4 out of every 5 of his subjects were peasants. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362445274 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362446610 Emperor Nicholas tried to enact labor laws for children. These were passed but not successful. Bribes and big companies were able to avoid officials. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362446610 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362449469 A bomb was thrown and killed Tsar Alexander ll. Nicholas's father became the new Tsar. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362449469 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362451172 Nicholas meets his future wife Alexandra for the first time when she was 12 and he was 16. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362451172 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362452951 Alexandra visits Russia to meet with her cousin. She sees Nicholas again and they start a courtship. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362452951 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362456415 Nicholas's father passes away which means that he inherits the throne. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362456415 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362458131 Tsar Nicholas breaks the mourning period tradition and wishes to marry Alexandra at once. 
The new Tsar feels overwhelmed and unprepared for ruling a country.]]> 2022-10-31 00:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362458131 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362461687 Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra welcome their first child: a daughter named Olga. 
The couple were in pure bliss, while the other royals were upset about lack of heir. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362461687 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362465379 After giving birth to 4 daughters, Alexandra gave birth to a baby boy which Russia would recognize as the Heir. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362465379 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362467338 Alexei, the Heir, was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called hemophilia. His blood could not clot, and he could bleed out at any second. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362467338 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362469268 In 1905, more workers were able to read than ever before. These workers would start questioning about working conditions and issues that were going on in court. 
Many of these living conditions were aimed at Jewish citizens. The Tsars of many generations had rules over how Jewish people could live and these rules severely limited what they could and could not do. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362469268 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362470684 Hundreds of protests started in Russia about working conditions and quality of life. Many people were killed or injured. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362470684 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362475263 The Tsar had grown impatient with his subjects and declared that they would "feel the whip." 
15,000 were killed
20,000 injured
45,000 displaced]]> 2022-10-31 00:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362475263 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362478374 The Empress Alexandra was desperate for a cure for her sick son. She convinced her husband to seek help from a mystic named Rasputin. 
The royal family truly believed he had magic powers from God and could cure their ill son.]]> 2022-10-31 00:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362478374 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362481785 Ladies began to take a liking to Rasputin. Even through his often-crude behavior, they would love to hear stories he had about the royals. 
The Royals were in denial about these accusations of him being a ladies' man. Anyone who did not like Rasputin, they would shun. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362481785 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362484415 The Royals attended a theatre event. A shooting takes place, and the royals flee. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362484415 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362488173 Rasputin leaked letters from the royal family which exposed family secrets. The Tsar and his Empress decided that he had no place within their court. 
Rasputin escapes and moves to Siberia away from the Royals. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362488173 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362491727 Empress Alexandra woke up one morning to find her son weak and ill. Days went on and he got worse. 
After bleeding heavily, Alexandra decided she must get a hold of Rasputin. Her faith in the mystic was strong since he had cured him many times. Finally, after calling the mystic told the Empress, the boy will not die until I die and not to bother him.
By a miracle, her son recovers within a few hours of the communication. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362491727 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362499614 A woman wearing a veil tries to kill Rasputin by using a dagger. Rasputin lives through the wounds. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362499614 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362501665 After warnings from Rasputin for not getting involved in a war, the Tsar declares war out of morality.

]]> 2022-10-31 01:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362501665 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362504898 The Russian army fled German/ Hungary-Austria forces. 
This led to the army no longer serving the Tsar. They had grown tired of the government that put them in a war that they could never hope to win. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362504898 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362507900 Russian soldiers kept fighting in the war, but many were dying from multiple causes. Disease, wounds and starvation were among the many. 
The civilians blamed the Empress and Rasputin for the war and the countries losses. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362507900 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362513687 Lured by the promise of meeting a beautiful Princess, Rasputin and the other mystics go to an evening event hosted by Prince Yusupov. The cakes and wine were supposedly laced with poison. (The chef confirmed he put the poison within the sweets, but Dr.'s claim there was no trace of it) However, Rasputin and the other mystics never fell ill. Yusupov grew impatient and ended up shooting Rasputin, killing him. 

]]> 2022-10-31 01:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362513687 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362517550 After a rise in bread prices, three women snapped and demanded bread from the Royal family. "GIVE US BREAD, NOT WAR" was a chant heard throughout the city of Petrograd. Petrograd burned will the Royal family was sick with measles and unaware of the destruction. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362517550 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362520592 After hearing about the news, Nicholas gives the thrown to his brother. His brother turns down the throne and signs a document freeing the Russian people from any royal rule. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362520592 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362524104 2022-10-31 01:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362524104 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362526710 Lenin put harsh rules on the Russian people. No land could be owned; peasants and former landowners worked together. Harsh environment ensued. Many fled their country. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362526710 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362529333 A large portion of Russia hated Lenin and his policies. A new army began to form. 
Nicholas heard the news from his family's new country home. The news made him sad and angry. His son's health had grown worse, and his wife felt powerless. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362529333 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362532988 Nicholas and Alexandra are forced to go to Moscow under orders that they need to make an appearance. They at first refuse to go but realize that there is no other option. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362532988 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362535920 After a few weeks of not seeing their parents, a caravan picks up the children of the former Tsar. 
The children and reunited with their parents in a prison. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362535920 anastasiaviland https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362540525 Everyone in the royal family was executed under orders of Lenin. Lenin claims to have never ordered these executions and mentions that he would never authorize the murder of innocent women and children, but historical records recount otherwise. ]]> 2022-10-31 01:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasiaviland/2g1ibvfs2vwiqrao/wish/2362540525