What happened to the Romanov's?

Nicholas II would be known as the last tsar of Russia. He had to abdicate in 1917 when enormous riots broke out and spread all over Russia. Many people disliked him because he ruled Russia as an autocrat. Democracy was nothing the tsar encouraged and he wanted to “let all know that I, devoting all my strength to the welfare of the people, will uphold the principle of autocracy as firmly and as unflinchingly as my late unforgettable father” (1), and that spurred anti-tsarist feelings among peasants, workers, and diverse political parties. Nicholas strongly opposed a parliamentary government and he never liked the idea by creating the Duma. Nicholas’ opinion about war was his downfall. In 1905, Russia confronted Japan in a war that would only end in disaster. This of course, was against the people’s will. The only thing the Russo-Japanese war contributed to in Russia, was to put the tsar in an even worse position. His subjects demonstrated and on Nicholas command they we...