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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. In 1705 repeated Swedish attacks were made against Russian fortifications, showed to little effect in the area, -
The Decembrist Revote
The Decembrists revolt or the Decembrist upspring took place on december 26, 1825 . Russian army officers led about 3,000 soliders in the protest against Nicholas the i. the assumption of the throne after is older brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession because of the events that were occurring in the month of december. The Decemberists did have some effect on the regime. Their disatisfaction forced nicholas to turn attention to the issues on hte empire. -
Czar Alexander ii Emancipates The Serfs
The emancipate of the serfs was the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the reign of Alexander ii of Russia. The reform, together with a related reform in 1861, amounted to the liquidation of serf dependence previously suffered by peasants of the Russian Empire. Household serfs were the worst affected as they gained only their freedom and no land. -
The Russian - Japenese War
Russo-Japanese War was first Great War of the 20th century. [4] It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea.the Japanese Navy attacked the Russian eastern fleet at Port Arthur, a naval base in the Liaotung province leased to Russia by China, which led to war. The Japanese defeated the Russians in a series of battles on land and at sea. -
The Revolution Of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire.this gave rise to a new consciousness among students, who then wanted to bring freedom into society. All of these problems contributed to the popular uprising in Russia in 1905. -
Bloody Sunday
The incident occurred during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march; the soldiers involved were members of the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment. Teens and protesters were shot down and left to die. Bloody Sunday remains among the most significant events in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. -
World War i
The spark that started World War I was the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.The assassination by a Serb nationalist was viewed as a great excuse to attack Austria-Hungary's troublesome neighbor, Serbia. While many hoped that World War I would be "the war to end all wars," in actuality, the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II. -
The March Revolution
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. -
Czar Nicholas ii Abicates The Russian Throne
Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne on in 1917, after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd.After the outbreak of the so called February revolution the army at Petrograd they started to strike people with demands, soon czar Nicholas was forced to abdicate, Nicholas and his family were forced to be held in a castle. In July,1918 the counterrevolutionary began to fear that Nicholas and his family would be rescued so they shot them to death. -
The Assasination Of Alexander ii
Alexander II of Russia was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881.His most important achievement was the emancipation of serfs in 1861, for which he became known as Alexander the Liberator day. In 1866 there was an attempt on his life in Petersburg by Dmitry Karakozov. To commemorate his narrow escape from death.
