The front between Russia and Europe is called the Eastern front. From Russia's point of view, it was the Western front. The war with Japan was the Eastern front.
In 1916, Rasputin is shot with a Tokarev pistol, which didn't exist until 1933.
While the Czarina is reading the broadsheets and complaining to the Czar, she characterizes the information being read as lies and spin. Spin is a modern term from late 20th Century US politics.