World War 1 And The Russian Revolution

World War 1 And The Russian Revolution – Part 1

The following photos in several parts are representing some of the events in that period. The photos are an excerpt from the book: "Ратни албум 1914-1918, Author Андра Поповић, published in Belgrade, 1926 during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Captions above the photos, are original captions from the book, which is also on Serbian and French language.

Wikipedia: The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a communist state.

1. Russian Czar Nikolaj and his son Aleksej

2. The Czarina with her daughters Olga, Tatjana, Marija and Anastasija

3. Grigori Rasputin, a false priest and a demoralizing influence in company of the ladies in waiting (x Wirubova - who introduced Rasputin to the Court)

Grigori Rasputin, a false priest and a demoralizing influence in company of the ladies in waiting (x Wirubova - who introduced Rasputin to the Court)

4. Rasputin murdered by Prince Jusupov and Pureskevic, December 30th 1916

5. Petrograd: The Znamenski Market place with the Statue of Alexander III. The first revolutionary demonstration

6. Petrograd (March 3rd 1917): Barricades with field-guns in the streets.

World War 1 And The Russian Revolution – Part 1