Fall of Winter Palace

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

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Since the Tsar was no longer in Russia, no one was present to take care of affairs in Russia. To make matters worse, the Tsar and his wife attended an elaborate ball the very next night. Once when Alexis was very ill the Tsarina’s friend, Anna Vyrubova, sent out a messenger (Mulherin 56). Prince Yuspov invited him to his home, offering him poisoned food and wine. They wanted the present the Tsar with reforms, lower taxes and better working condition. Shots hurdled across the square hitting hundreds of people and blood was spilled throughout the square. In utter dismay, Nicholas quickly looked at his family and then turned back to Yurovsky and said,"What? What?"(http://netwwalk. They wanted to establish a democratic system of government in Russia (Lionel 27). He would spend his leisure time with his daughters, son, and the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.

The eleven prisoners all stood in two rows, except for Alexandra and her boy Alexis who were seated in chairs. Nicholas, his wife and their children were not fearful or suspicious. Russian labor was mainly unskilled and desperately poor.

“The room, filled with smoke and the stench of gunpowder, became quiet.

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