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Peter The Great: The Imperial Romanov Family

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Russia was ruled by the imperial Romanov family, The first official Russian emperor of Russia was Peter the Great in 1721. During the reign of Peter the Great he established a rule of absolute Monarchy until 1917. In 1917 the Russians citizens weren't content of Nicholas the 2nd rule. Under the reign of Nicholas the 2nd Russia the citizens had to work long hours and worked six days a week, but were payed a small amount of money which barely payed for food, clothes, water, houses and other necessities. In 1917 Russia was participating in World War 1 but was losing large amount of infantry. These infantry were peasants which weren't trained and wasn't given the correct equipment such as weapons, clothing or training. Due to the lack of weapons,

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