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Arrest of Nicholas II

Russia · Revolution / Revolution of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records
1917–1918Date range
2Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1917

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II3 March 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Soviet supports pressure for the former emperor's arrest.

Nicholas II8 March 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bids farewell to his army officers & departs for Tsarskoye Selo under arrest

Nicholas II8 March 1917

Tsarskoye Selo · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bids farewell to his Army Officers & heads for Tsarskoye Selo

Nicholas IIMarch 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

March-August, under arrest at Tsarskoye Selo

Nicholas II2 June 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Arrested at Tiflis on a plotting charge

Nicholas II31 July 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Taken with his family to Tobolsk

Nicholas IIAugust 1917

Tobolsk · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Under arrest at Tobolsk in Siberia from August for 8 months

1918

Nicholas II30 April 1918

Ekaterinburg · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Under arrest at Ekaterinburg, now Sverdlosk, in the Urals

Names involved

Nicholas IINikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II

Provenance

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