Nicholas was forced to abdicate

Czar Nicholas II, who has ruled Russia since 1894, is forced to vacate the throne during the February Revolution, and a regional administration is put in its place.

Nicholas was crowned on May 26, 1894, but his attempt to maintain the autocracy in a time thirsty for change was hampered by the fact that he was neither trained nor inclined to rule. Russo-Japanese War's terrible ending sparked the Russian Revolution of 1905, which the czar only put an end to after pledging representative governance and fundamental civil liberties in Russia in a manifesto. Nicholas quickly withdrew the majority of these concessions, and the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary organizations gained widespread support. As food became short, soldiers grew weary of the war, and Russia suffered terrible defeats on the eastern front, the czar's ineffective leadership was made clear, anger in Russia rose in 1914 as Nicholas led his nation into another expensive war.

Czar Nicholas II was compelled to resign in March 1917 after the army garrison in Petrograd joined the striking workers in calling for socialist reforms. First kept at the Czarskoye Selo palace, Nicholas and his family were later kept in the Yekaterinburg palace close to Tobolsk. The Soviet forces in Yekaterinburg were concerned that Nicholas might be saved in July 1918 because to the march of counterrevolutionary forces. The imperial family was given the death penalty following a secret conference, and Nicholas, his wife, his children, and a number of their servants were shot on the night of July 16.