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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War lasted from 1700 to 1721. It was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and an allience inlcuding Russia, Denmark and Saxony-Poland, lead by Peter the Great. After this war, there was a huge fear of Russia in Britian, France, and many more countries. Many peace treatys were made to maintain peace between Russia and their enemies. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was an uprising by Russian military against revolutionaries after the death of the czar Nicholas I. This uprising was not well organized, and was put down easily by the czar's force. It was the first attempt in modern Russian history to overthrow the absolutist government whose leaders followed specific political goals: reorganization of the government and elimination of serfdom. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Alexander II in his second year on the throne wanted serfdom to be gone. He was stongly against it and believed no one person should own another. After hearing about slavery being illeagal in the United States, he decided it was time to do someting about serfdom. Alexander set the serfs free. They could now own their own land, marry who they wanted, vote in elections, and much more. -
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. The People's Will, organized in 1879, hired people to assassinate leaders so they could overthrow Russia's empire. They attempted many times to assassinate Alexander II but succeded only on March 13, 1881. Alexander's son took over after his death (Alexander III) and had the people who killed his father arrested and hanged. -
The Russo-Japanese War (continued)
The Russo-Japanese War lasted from Febuary 4, 1904 to September 5, 1905. The Americans provided funding to support the Japanese, and Frace gave Russia some finacial support. This war helped Japan develop a much needed sense of nationalism. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was ultimatly to create a divide between Nicholas and his people. The people of Russia were not prepared for this war, and when it came, they did not seem to have very much patrism towards it. They didn't because the war was taking place in the far eastern part of the country and most of the population lived many miles away from it. Japan wanted to fight against Russia to prove themselves. After this war, Nicholas was no longer called 'The father of his people'. -
Bloody Sunday
On a day that is now know as Bloody Sunday, a group of workers marched into the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to make their demands. This was lead by radical priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon. The empire then fired guns at the crowd killing and wounding hundreds of people. This then struck riots throughout the country. The people were mad about the massacre. After this day Nicholas was nicknamed 'Bloody Nicholas'. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 is sometimes also known as Bloody Sunday. On January 22, 1905 a group of workers marched up to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. They were protesting because they felt as though they were not workers, they were slaves. They wanted that changed. So they peacefully marched and when they arrived troops were standing guard and they shot, killing hundreds of people. -
World War I
Russia actually joined World War I to help out Serbia. In World War I Russia was a part of the Triple Entente with the United Kingdom, France. Other countries eventually joined, but these three countries formed the Triple Entente to begin with. Ironically, with the devastation that World War One was to cause in Russia, it was Rasputin who advised Nicholas not to go to war as he had predicted that Russia would be defeated. After the war, the royal family was excecuted and communism arose. -
The March Revolution
The March Revolution started when textile workers went on strike and protested due to a shortage of fuel and bread. Many people joined the cause and when the troops were ordered to shoot them and stop them, they refused and joined the protesters. Nicholas II tried to give the throne to his brother because he was unsure what to do. His brother refused to take it. Nicholas and his family were put under house arrest and later excecuted. Russia then is on its way to a communtist government. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
After his fathers death in 1894, Nicholas II then took the throne. He was very unprepared for taking on this important position. Hia insensitivity to the needs of his people helped to fuel the 1917 Russian Revolution. In 1917 Nicholas was forced to give up his throne and go to exile with his five children and wife. A year later the entire family was brutally executed in by Bolshevik soldiers.
