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Episode 6 Preview | The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution

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Lucy Worsley reveals how a spontaneous popular uprising swept the Russian Czar from power.

The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February that year was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.

09/12/2021 | Rating NR

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The Czar's Abdication

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Clip: Ep6 | 2m 18s | Following the revolution, Nicholas II is forced to abdicate. (2m 18s)

The Execution of the Romanovs

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Clip: Ep6 | 1m 58s | The Romanov family, Nicholas, Alexandra and their children, are brought to their prison. (1m 58s)

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