... Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Lenin is one of history's most distinctive figures. The second eldest son of an upper-middle class family, it was believed early on that he would assume his father's role in educational administration. However, that could not be farther ... all things revolutionary. When he was just sixteen his older brother Alexander, was executed for attempting an assassination of the Russian Tsar Alexander III. The family was devastated, being completely unaware of Alexander's involvement with politics and revolution, there were, especially Vladimir, taunted for his action...

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... to the introduction of the repressive "temporary laws". The People's Will was the group that assassinated Alexander II. They did this because after October 1979, when the Land and Liberty split into two groups. The Land and Liberty group had been set up in 1876, after two Russian writers had published the book "Catechism of a Revolutionist". This book had a great affect ... listened to the priests and Bishops and met with Russia's wealthy upper class citizens. Though he carried out his duties as the Tsar, Nicholas was far more interested in his family life. Any opposition to the Tsar wa...

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