Czar+Nicholas+II

= Fun Facts: =
 * == Born May 18th,1868 in Krasnoye Selo (5) [[image:http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/081001-czar-vmed-230a.grid-4x2.jpg width="304" height="323" align="right"]] ==
 * == Birth name: Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov (2) ==
 * == Well educated child (1) ==
 * == Became a Colonel in the Life Guards (1) ==
 * == Married Princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt (6) ==
 * == Had five children (4 girls & 1 boy) (2) ==
 * == Became the new Czar on October 20th,1894 after his father's death. (5) ==

= Reign of Czar Nicholas II: =
 * == Appointed Vyacheslav Plehva as minister of interior (5) ==
 * == Went to war with Japan in 1904 for the area of Manchuria (3) ==
 * == Dealt with the 1905 Revolution and "Bloody Sunday" (5) ==
 * == Created the Duma, a parliament established by Czar Nicholas II (5) ==
 * ==Became good friends with a monk name Gregory Rasputin (5)==
 * ==Ruled Russia through World War I (5)==
 * ==Eventually the Czar abdicated and moved his family away from Russia. (2)==
 * ==Czar Nicholas II and his family were eventually killed. (2)==

= Parallels: =
 * == [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GNKcJP7dZ6A/Sg9ZyHnjiLI/AAAAAAAABzI/iIx_kpiu_3c/s400/Animal-FarmCustom.jpg width="239" height="272" align="right"]] Mr.Jones plays the role of Czar Nicholas II ==
 * 1) =="In past years, Mr.Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days." (p.13)(4) A. Czar Nicholas II did want to help Russia, but argued and disagreed with other officials about laws. B. The Czar was more of a family man and did not want to participate in ruling Russia. ==
 * 2) ==" They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the country." (p.46)(4) A. Czar Nicholas renounced himself as emperor of Russia and decided to move his family to a city in Siberia called Ekaterinburg. ==
 * 3) == "Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being kicked and butted from all sides." (p.14)(4) A.  The Czar and his family were surrounded by Bolsheviks in their house. ==
 * 4) == "Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs." (p.14)(4) A. The Czar and his family went into exile after Czar Nicholas renounced himself as emperor. B. The Romanov family was soon killed by the Bolsheviks.  ==
 * 5) =="Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did want Jones back." (p.25)(4) A. As Emperor of Russia, many people did not like or support Czar Nicholas II. ==

1) Atchison, B. (2012). //The Last Tsar of Russia.// Retrieved from http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/AlexPalaceNRbio.html
====2) British Broadcasting Corporation (2012). //History: Nicholas II.// Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nicholas_ii.shtml ==== ====3) Lathrop, G. (2001). //Czar Nicholas II.// Retrieved from http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/russia/Nick_II/default.htm ====

5) Simkin, J. (n.d.) //Tsar Nicholas II: Biography.// Retrieved from www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FFWtsar.htm
6) Trueman, C. (2000). //Nicholas and Alexandra.// Retrieved from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nicholas_and_alexandra.htm

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