 | | Zemskov's Cathedral in 1613 | After the liberation of Moscow from the Poles in 1612 Zemskov militia leaders and princes Pozharsky Trubetskoy sent to the cities agenda, in which the capital recruited people from all elected officials to participate in Zemskov Cathedral and select a........
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 | | Coronation | Direct entry to the throne of Russian emperors, as a rule, do not coincide with the ritual of coronation, and the attendant celebrations. This time was different and depended on many factors, primarily on the will of the new emperor.........
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 | | Khodynskoe crash | The first grim omen new reign became famous Khodynskoe disasters in May of 1896 at the Coronation celebrations in Moscow. It is ominously-symbolic event was to start the long path of Nicholas of personal, family and public tragedies and........
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 | | Bloody Sunday | Since early January, the capital covered by the strikes. Strikes for some reason, only large military factories - in time of war!
January 6 (on the blessing of the waters) in the time of the Emperor and entourage........
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 | | Start First World War | Jun 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, the Serbian terrorist was killed by the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne archduke Franz Ferdinand. In response, Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia obviously impossible, and then declared war. 1 July in Russia, which........
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 | | Coup d'etat | The February Revolution of 1917 was not the result of the revolutionary parties or spontaneous mass movement. A month before the coup leaders of the revolutionaries looked to the future with pessimism, and believed that they were not destined........
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 | | The arrest and execution of the Romanov family | The arrest of the tsar's family
Shortly after the victory of the February Revolution, 3 March 1917, Petrograd Executive Board decided: «... the arrest of the Romanov dynasty, and to invite the Interim Government to arrest Working in........
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