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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and a coalition lead by Peter the Great. Sweden lost its supremecy as the leading power in the Baltic region and was replaced by Russia -
The Decebrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers to protest against Nicholas I's assumption of throne, after his brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Alexander Emancipated Serfs and freed them out of their poverty and suffering -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group. -
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Russo-Japanese War
The Russio-Japanese War developed out of Russia and Japan's rivalry for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. Japan also gained the position of a world power. -
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The Revolution of 1905
A wave of mass political and social unrest spread through the vast areas of the Russian Empire. -
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World War I
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire known as the Central Powers fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan known as the Allied Powers. The Allied Powers won the war. -
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March Revolution
This event started when 90,000 textile workers went on strike in Russia protesting about the shortage of fuel and bread. Many people joined and by the end of the week 400,000 people had joined the cause. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents. -
Bloody Sunday
Many unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army calling it "Bloody Sunday"
