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After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution that swept the tsar from power and pulled Russia out of the war, the bonds became worthless. A poster advertising a “Book For A Soldier” committee ...

Large numbers of people across Slovakia have again taken part in protests against the pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister ...

They ran the country as autocrats. This meant that the Tsar, and only the Tsar, governed Russia: Tsars believed that they had a divine right to rule Russia, their position and power had been given ...