Fall of Winter Palace

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Czar Nicholas II's reign lasted twenty-one years and ended with the Bolsheviks seizing power. However, from the very start of Nicholas's rule, fate was not in his favor. For a long time Czars have ruled Russia with power all in their hands. The society that the Czars have created was society extremes and deep poverty. While the Czar and his family lived an aristocratic life, the people of Russia were living a nightmare.

The last Romanov family lived in the palace. Their family was very well off. Czar Nicholas II and the Tsarina Alexandra were happily married. They first had three daughters Olga, Tatiana, and Marie. The house of the Romanovs was very well until the Tsarina's fourth child Anastasia was born. The disappointment of not gibing the Tsar a son an heir almost made her insane. The Tsarina felt as all of Russia were rejecting her for being German and she knew that the women in St. Petersburg ridiculed her.

Then in 1904 her wishes were granted and Alexis was born. Alexis was born with a disease that was very uncommon during the time. The disease was inherited by his mother bloodline. The slightest bruise or scratch would cause the young boy much pain. By being so weak the young boy was not

A day after the abdication, the Petrograd Soviet Workers and the Soldiers Deputies passed a decree on the arrest of Nicholas II and the other members of the Romanov Dynasty. The family had no time to make arrangements to leave the country and even if they did Nicholas and Alexandria were too emotionally distraught. The Tsar was unable to return home, but left his army (http://home.Icon/fi/~timhappa/Articly06.Html)

None of the parties represented in the government at first thought of exploiting the unstable situation in attempt to claim power for them. However, the situation changed dramatically when Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks, returned to Russia. Once the reality of the government situation became clear to him, he was very eager to exploit the weakness of the Provisional Government. Lenin's greatness and power was never denied making him a powerful leader of Russia. To fulfill Lenin's hopes for Russia the whole Romanov bloodline had to be demolished.

prepared to rule Russia after his father would die. There were many who questioned if the Tsar were to pass would Alexis be strong enough to let Alexis rule? Nonetheless, the Tsar was determined that Alexis, despite his handicap, would inherit the autocratic rights passed down by his father (Seth 94).

The eleven prisoners all stood in two rows, except for Alexandra and her boy Alexis who were seated in chairs. Eleven armed men entered the room while Yurovsky stood before the former Tsar and read from a piece of paper. "In view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you"(http://netwalk.com/~narsa/today.html). In utter dismay, Nicholas quickly looked at his family and then turned back to Yurovsky and said,"What? What?"(http://netwwalk.com/~narsa/today.html). "Yurovsky quickly repeated what he said, then jerked the Colt out of his pocket and shot the Tsar point-blank"(http://netwwalk.com/~narsa/today.html). Then all the gunmen opened fire, each one assigned to a specific prisoner and instructed,"to aim for the heart to avoid excessive quantities of blood"(http://netwwalk.com/~narsa/today.html.). This did not happen. Nicholas, Alexandra, Olga, Trupp, Kharitonov, and Botkin died quickly. Yurovsky shot Alexis, alive on the floor, in the ear; the remaining daughters and Demidova were still alive. "Mystified, then terrified and almost hysterical, the executioners continued firing"

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Approximate Word count = 2728
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)

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