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Nicholas II and his task -- First steps : the Japanese war -- The foundations shaken. The liberation movement -- Recovery. Stolypin and the third duma -- Rasputin. The rise of Rasputin ; Rasputin and reaction -- Russia and the world war -- Slav and Teuton at grips -- The great retreat -- The constitutional crisis. The national movement ; The high command -- The Empress takes over : "friend" and "tail". The double plan ; The plan breaks down -- The state in dissolution. Stürmer's mystery cabinet ; Chaos and defeatism ; Stürmer takes his last trick -- Last glories of the army -- The last crisis. Protopopov ; Empress or Duma? ; Murder of Rasputin -- Warnings, plots and counterplots -- Revolution.