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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden and Russia. Peter the Great was the current leader of Russia at the time, and Charles XII was the leader of Sweden. In the end, Sweden won and the leader lost his power. -
The Decembrist Revolt
In St. Petersbur Russia, some military offiicials revolted against Czar Nicholas I.These liberals felt threatened by the czars views, but were defeted by his forces. Nicholas I then made changes to prevent the spreading of liberal movement. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Officials created a large emancipation declaring that all serfs were free from their owners Ex-serfs then had more freedom. They could now own land, vote, marry freely, and trade. When the peasants were given their own land, many went poor due to payemnts for their property. -
Assasination of Alexander II
A bomb was thrown at the czar in attempt to demolish Russia's autocracy. It was thrown by a member of the "People's Wills" group in one of their many attemps to assasinate the ruler. -
Czar Nicholas Abdicates to the Russian Throne
Czar Nicholas II was forced to take over the throne of autocracy. He was not trained or ready to rule, yet abdicated the Russian Throne. During his ruling the Bolsheviks began to have a growing support. Nicholas had led the nation into another war, leaving them with scarce food and hardly any war supplies. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The war began when the Japanese attacked Port Arthur, In August, The Treaty of Portsmouth was created to finally end the war in 1905. -
The Revolution of 1905
Workers and peasants played a main part in the revolution. They raised political and economic deands. As the strikes spread country wide, the council of workers delegates called "soviets" formed. -
World War I
On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war o Russia. Russia had joined World War 1 with the largest army. Over one million Russian soldiers died in the end. -
Bloody Sunday
On A cold snowy Sunday in March, a priest led thousands of people on a protest against the government of the royal family at thir palace.There, the guards of the palace shot hundreds of protesters dead, and hundreds were wounded. -
The March Revolution
During the March Revolution, Rasputin was deceased and Lenin was no longer in the country. In that time, guards joined protests, the Duma disobeyed Nicholas, and the Royal Family was assasinated.
