1917

Many People think it was the 1917 Bolshevik Communist Revolution that removed the Romanov Dynasty from power in Russia.

In fact, it was the February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция) of February 1917 that abolished the Romanov Dynasty.

The February Revolution created the Russian Republic (Russian: Российская Республика) as a Democracy.

Alexander Kerensky (Russian: Александр Керенский) was the Leader of the Russian Republic.

Kerensky declared Freedom of Speech, ended Capital Punishment, released thousands of Political Prisoners and was working on other issues like ending Russia’s involvement in World War 1, Food Shortages, etc. when the October Communist Revolution occurred 8 months later.

The Great October Socialist Revolution (Russian: «Вели́кая Октя́брьская социалисти́ческая револю́ция») occurred on November 7, 1917 (October 25, 1917 in the Julian Calendar used by the Russians at the time and changed to November 7, 1917 when the Communists changed to the Gregorian Calendar in 1918.)

The Communists, led by Vladimir Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ленин) and with support from Kaiser Germany ended the Russian Republic and its Democracy and started the Russian Civil War which lasted until 1922 with a Communist Victory.

The Communists replaced the Russian Republic with the Russian Socialist Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in 1917 and that lasted until the RSFSR became part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1922.

The Communists ended Russia’s involvement in World War 1 by surrendering to Kaiser Germany in 1918.

The Communists did away with Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, the Right to own Property, etc.

They sent 18 Million People to the Gulags and murdered 43 Million Soviet Men, Women and Children (that doesn’t include the Millions of Non-Soviet Men, Women and Children from across Europe and Asia the Soviets killed) not during Wartime.

So, while the Soviets didn’t overthrow the Romanov Dynasty in 1917 the Soviets did kill Czar Nicholas II, his Wife Alexandra and their 5 Children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei on July 16, 1918 in Yekaterinburg, RSFSR.

The Soviet Union collapsed on Catholic Christmas Day (December 25^th) in 1991.

Russia once again became a Short-Lived Democracy until the September 1993 Self-Coup when Russian President Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Ельцин) attacked the Russian White House and created the Russian President ruling by Decree which Russian President Vlaidimir Putin (Russian: Владимир Путин) has continued.