Tsar Nicholas Downfallends 1918

• 1904 took his country to Japan

• Defeated in battle

• Russia's embarrassing defeat ruined the monarchy's prestige among all sectors of society

• Leading to a revolution in 1905 and to an event that became known as Bloody Sunday

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