Riots began after what became known as Bloody Sunday, when on 22 January 1905, a peaceful crowd of factory workers and their families, carrying icons and singing hymns including "God Save the Tsar" marched towards Palace Square from several points in the city.
In October 2021, the VR project Journey in the Imperial Train opened in one of the halls on the ground floor of the Alexander Palace.
How were the purges so successful? None of them, however, was as obsessed with it as Nicholas II.
The extreme poverty of the Russian people and the overpopulation of the major cities making living condition dreadful.
He served in the army with the rank of colonel.
The construction of railroads continued, natural resources - such as oil in Baku and in Grozny - were actively exploited.