Events leading up to the Russian Revolution

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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. 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.
  • decembrist revolt

    decembrist revolt
    In St. Petersburg Russia a group of military officials staged a revolt against Czar Nicholas I. They were defeated by the Czars power. Because of this Nicholas I formed new regulations to prevent the spread of Liberals through russia.
  • Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs

    Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
    The serfs and peasants gained their freedom and rights from the Nobles.
  • The Assassination of Alexander II

    The Assassination of Alexander II
    Winter Palace - St. Petersburg, Russia
    Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group.
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War
    Following the Russian rejection of a Japanese plan to divide Manchuria and Korea into spheres of influence, Japan launches a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China. The Russian fleet was decimated.
  • The Revolution of 1905

    The Revolution of 1905
    wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard when approaching the city center and the Winter Palace from several gathering points.
  • World War I (Russian Involvement)

    World War I (Russian Involvement)
    Was having a devastating impact on Russia. Russia responded by patriotically rally troops around Nichols II.
  • The March Revolution

    Rasoutin was dead and Lenin was out of the country. the country was going throug hardships after WW1 30000 workers were locked out their jobs and were not being paid. These workers persuaded other workers to come out on strike soon many of the workers started riots and they continued to get worse.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
    Forced to abdicate the throne after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd(now St. Petersburg)