Trial+-+Russian+Revolutio

Crimes against the Russian people- There were many attacks on Jews in the 19th and 20th century. One form of attack was a pogrom, which is a form of violent riot, a mob attack directed against a minority group, and characterized by killings and destruction of their homes and properties, businesses, and religious centres. This took place primarily in the Russian Empire. There were concentration camps, pogroms of World War II included the 1941 Farhud in Iraq, the Iasi pogrom in Romania, and here over 13,200 Jews were killed. There were also attacks against non-Jewish ethnic minorities. The word pogrom came from a Russian verb, which meant “to destroy, to weak havoc, to demolish violently.” There were many violent attacks against Jews, and they go back at least to the time of the Crusades. The Demascus affair occurred in 1840. This was when an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. England, France, and Austria played a major part in this affair. Bad things that the Tzar did (Nicholas II of Russia) Nicholas II, born on May 18 in the year 1868 and died on July 17 in 1918, was the last emperor of Russia, Grand prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. He was known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox church. His family was held captive due to the February Revolution, which was the first of two Russian revolutions in 1917. The unpopularity of Russian involvement in World War I is cited as a leading cause of the fall of the Romanov dynasty that took place less than three years later. He was placed under arrest after the Prefect of Police informed “he lacked the men to pluck Gapon from among his followers. He had also left the capital for Tsarskoye Selo on the advice of the ministers would actually be asked to meet Gapon.