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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War lasted from 1700 to 1721. The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and Russia's Peter the Great. By the end of the war, Sweden had lost her supremacy as the leading power in the Baltic region and was replaced by Peter the Great's Russia. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Some 3000 members of military staged an uprising against the newly-appointed Tsar Nicholas I, in opposition to his conservative views. This uprising took place in the Senate Square in St. Petersburg. The Decembrists were brutally repressed by the new Tsar, Nicholas I. Their leaders were executed or exiled. -
Alexander II Emancipates the Surfs
On March 1, 1861, Alexander II issued his Emancipation Manifesto to emancipate the surfs. Land was donated to communities of former serfs, called communes. Some serfs felt they didn't get as much land as they were promised so some serfs rioted. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was travelling in a closed carriage on March 1, 1881. When the carriage was traveling along the route, bombs were thrown from the street corner by Catherine Canal. The bombs missed the carriage, but hit the Cossacks that were following Alexander II. When Alexander the II stepped out to check the injured men, he was bombed by terroist Ignatei Grinevitski. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought in Korea and Manchuria. Russia's overwhelming defeat halted its Far Eastern expansion and encouraged the anti-czarist movements that led to the Russian revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution of 1917. Japan won new territory and emerged as a world power. The war showed that a nonwhite country could defeat Europeans which encouraged the rise of Asian and African nationalism that eventually led to the breakup of the European colonial empires. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday massacre in St.Petersburg started the Russia Revolution of 1905. A wave of strikes, partly planned by one of the legal organizations of workers, the Assembly of Russian Workingmen, broke out in St.Pertersburg. They were carrying pictures of Nicholas II toward the wquare before the Winter Palace. Grand Duke Vladimir ordere polic to fire resulting in more than 100 marchers killed. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revoltion of 1905 was caused by "Bloody Sunday" ad Russia plunged into chaos. A series of strikes swept the country, closing banks, halting trains, and paralyzing industry.Peasants burned manor houses and attacked landlords, and even political liberals joined the clamor, urging the Tsar to move the country toward representative government. -
Russia's Involvement in World War I
Russia alligned with Britian and France. Because of Russia's alliance, Germany declared War on Russia.Then, the Bolshevik leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, where German troops occupied great lands of Western Russia, British troops arrived at Murmansk and Archangelsk to attempt to fight the Bolsheviks and restore the Tsarist government. Over 1,700,000 Russian soldiers died. -
The March Revolution
On March 8, 1917, Russia's March Revolution began with rioting and strikes in St.Petersburg.The strikes and rioting were mainly triggered from food shortages which were caused by the problems of a worsening economy and failures from World War I. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Russian Throne
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Then, provisional Government formed.
