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Czar Nicholas
His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the great powers of the world to an economic and military mess. He was forced to resing during the March Revolution because a new goverment had overthrown the country. -
Industrialization
The Russian revolution during the early 20th century was halted because of the fact that the goverment was alwasys in some sort of political blunder. The goverment was ever focusing its time on the countrys economy and more on internal political affairs. This put Russia at a economic disadvantage to the res tof Europe and caused political unrest within Russias goverment and society. -
Socialist-Revolutionary Party, Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party,Union of Zemstvo Constitutionalists,he Union of Liberation
These four groups were all part of the movement to get rid of the Tsar for good. These groups were the catalysts in the events that take place in Russia to lead to the Soviet Union. -
Bloody Sunday
This event was a march in St.Petersburg Russia were unarmed peacefull protesters were marching for a petition against Tsar Nicholas II. The event was orginized by Father Gapon who was a member of the secret police. The army opened fire on the crowd resulting in up to 4,000 deaths. -
World War I
Russia entered the war because Germany declared war on them. Russia enterd the war with 1,400,000 troops but had 5,000,000 troops when fully mobilized. The Tsar named his uncle, the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Commander in Chief. Between 900,000 and 2,500,000 Russians were killed. At least 1,500,000 Russians and up to more than 5 million Russians were wounded. In 1918 Russia pulled out of the war because of the Bolshevik revolution within their own country. -
The March Revolution
In the March Revolution the Czar was deposed and replaced by a Provisional government. During the chaos the member of the parliment met and formed the Russian Provisional Government. -
The Czar Steps Down
Czar Nicholas II steped down in the wake of the Provisional Government taking control of Russia. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik party, led by Lenin and the workers soviets, overthrew the Provisinal Goverment in St. Petersburg. The Bolshviks then appointed themselves the head of various ministries and seized contol of the country side. The Bolshevik's also signed a treaty to withdraw Russia from World War I. -
Lenin in Power
Lenin was a communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924). He fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War. -
Stalin in power
Stalin launched a command economy with a period of industrialization with Five year plans. Stalin becomes the dictator of the Soviet Union with all of the power. He rules until his death in 1953.
