# Canonical recap data for Russian Czar Nicholas II Abdicates (1917)
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slug: nicholas-ii-abdication
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1917/nicholas-ii-abdication"
title: Russian Czar Nicholas II Abdicates
subtitle: Nicholas II's abdication during the February Revolution terminated three centuries of Romanov rule and opened the door to Bolshevik seizure of power.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1917-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1917
decade: 1910
country:
name: Russian Empire
slug: russian-empire
summaryShort: "This is a list of Russian monarchs. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was murdered with his family in 1918. Two dynasties have ruled Russia: the Rurikids (862–1598) and Romanovs (1613–1917)."
summaryLong: "This is a list of Russian monarchs. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was murdered with his family in 1918. Two dynasties have ruled Russia: the Rurikids (862–1598) and Romanovs (1613–1917)."
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "List of Russian monarchs"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs"
  title: Russian czar
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- revolution
- election
metaDescription: This is a list of Russian monarchs. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II
wikidataQid: Q896086
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260526195836/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-26
  label: Russian czar
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- regime_change
- government_collapse
canonicalClasses:
- collapse
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: decline
