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The Great Northern War
The war started when an alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony and Russia had declared war on the Swedish Empire. The victors was Russia making them the new power of Europe. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs because the government realized that there was change need in Russia. It was hard to find workers for factories because many people were Serfs and this was when they realized they needed change in order to be a modern world empire. This is when Alexander II freed the Serfs. Now that the former Serfs were free, life wasn't easy. The former Serfs wanted land to call there own, but Alexander II made the price of land very high and very expensive taxes. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander fell victim to an assassination plot in Saint Petersburg. -
The Russo-Japanese War
A war that lasted 1 year, 6 months, and 3 weeks. This war surprised many as Japanese defeated Russia. This marked the first time the Russians have fully lost a war. -
Bloody Sunday
Massacre at St.Petersburg and in fury over Nicholas II. Many Serfs gathered to have the right to vote and civil rights. Nicholas II told his men to start shooting at the crowd. -
The Revolutiuon of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 lasted for 2 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days. Was a mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. -
World War I
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russia Throne
Nicholas II abdicates the Russia Throne when he and his family were murdered in Sybria. Rasputin warned them about this event by saying that when the church bells ring of his death, all of there children would be dead. -
The March Revolution
Members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control of Russia, forming the Russian Provisional Government.
