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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.
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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.
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The serfs and peasants gained their freedom and rights from the Nobles.
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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. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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Was having a devastating impact on Russia. Russia responded by patriotically rally troops around Nichols II.
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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.
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Forced to abdicate the throne after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd(now St. Petersburg)
