Russian Empire

  • Leah's Russia

    Russia convulsed and its revolutions and violence reverberated throughout the world before and during WWI

    PyotrStolypinLOC07327Pyotr Stolypin, Prime Minister 1911
    637px-Vice-AdmiralKolchakAlexander Kolchak
    AntonDenikin1917estAnton Denikin
    AABogdanovAlexandar Bogdanov
    PhotoofMikhailRodziankoMikhail Rodzianko, 4th Duma
    636px-Nicholai Ruzsky
    678px-AlexandraFyodorovnaLOC01137uTzarina Alexandra Feodorovna
    634px-PaulAlexandrovichGrandDukeofRussiaGrand Duke Paul Alexandrovich
    591px-GrandDukeKirillVladimirovichRomanovGrand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
    StalinFullImageJoseph Stalin

    Between the wars, Stalin rose to power and famine and death raged as he purged the Soviet Union of old-time Bolsheviks.

     

  • The Russian Revolution of 1917

    640px Armed soldiers carry a banner reading Communism Nikolskaya street Moscow October 1917

    The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the 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). Alongside it arose grassroots community assemblies (called 'Soviets') which contended for authority. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the Soviets.

  • Tzar Nicholas II of Russia

    630px Император Николай II

    Nicholas II or Nikolai II (Russian: Николай II Алекса́ндрович, tr. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917.[1] His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).[2][3] Soviet historians portrayed Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.[4]

Morris Levy

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Moshe "Morris" Levy

Bodyguard and General to Chinese Nationalist Army

Two-Gun Levy was a real person named Morris Cohen and given the nickname "2-Gun" because he always carried two guns. He protected both Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek from 1911 until his death in the 1950s.

Pinchas Levy

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Pinchas Levy

Poet and Warrior

Pinchas Levy participated in a love battle that became the talk of Ottoman Palestine. He fought with the Jewish Legion in WWI and then settled down at one of the first Kibbutzim.

Dovid "Davey Boy" Levy

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Dovid "Davey Boy" Levy

Head of the Freedman Gang and Mobster

David Levy joined one of the lower East side New York City gangs and eventually became head of one of the most notorious mobs in the US.

Leah Levy

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Leah Levy

Bolshevik revolutionary

Leah Levy was a member of the wealthy and influential Polyakov family who became disillusioned and radicalized. She joined the Bolsheviks and through much suffering remained a member of the Communist party until her death in the late 1950s.