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The Great Northern War
Then George pushed towards Poland after defeating Russia at Narva, on the coast of the sea. Then Goerge pushed towards Poland to get to Saxony. While he did that Peter the Great from Russia gathered his forces and retookover Narva. Then George made an attack on Russia from Poland and Peter made his army go into little groups making it easier to destroy his forces which they successfully did and made the Swedish retreat and give up some of their lands on the Black and Baltic Sea's. -
The Great Northern War
THe Great Northern war was over having acess to thr Black and Baltic Sea's for trading and relations(for Russia's purposes). The war started in 1700 and ended in 1721. For Russia it was to gain control of the land on the Northern sea's in Europe. The war was started by Russia, Poland/Saxony, and the Denmark powers attacking the powerful Swedish in the North. The first attacks were on King George XII who was 18 and unexperienced. Then George pushed towards Poland after defeating Russia at Na -
The Great Northern War
That gave Russia a good way to trade with the west side of europe and keep up on the new ways of the more modernized side of Europe and the more modern eays of the world. -
The Decembrist Revolt
This made Nicholas 1's keep the heir to throne not letting it fall out of the family, and resulting in a different czar and a different future of events for Russia. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was an uprising against Nicholas 1's assumption that after his brother Constantine gave up his heir to the throne he was going to aoutomatically get it. Russian army officers marched about 3,000 men in revolt against Nicholas. Nicholas had the protestors suppressed and assumed the throne. They are called the Decembrist revolters because they protested in Decmber. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
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The Assassanation of Alexander II
He actually did a lot for the people it was when people questioned him that he got aggressive and started to do things that a normal czar would have done. This in turn was actually bad because his son took over but was against his father in polotics so things he did were erased and done over. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
The assassanation was by a bomb in the streets in St. Petersburgh. Some people from the People's Will threw a bomb at ht eczar and blew him up. TYhe were all hung and ther People's Will was supressed. Alexander II was actually a very Liberal czar anbd he supposedly had signed that day the Melikov constitution saying that two legislative commissions would in a round about way be elected. -
The Russo-Japanese War
This caused the Japanese to attack the ports on the Pacific side for Russia and they easily destryed them cutting Russia off from year round trading and the Pacific ocean trading. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The war was over Japn and Russia splitting territorial power and dominance over Korea and Manchuria. The first war ended in 1903 but the agreement didn't work and they were at war again by 1904. The Japanese wanted dominance over the land and was willing to give up a warm water port to Russia. Russia was ot ok with that scenario and faught back trying to have it all. -
Bloody Sunday
The events on "Bloody Sunday" are one of the biggest reasons for the revolt ov the lower class (serfs). On the day of the 22, protestors marched into WInter Palace. When the revolters had gotten to many city gathering points. The Imperial Guard fired at all the protestors and over 100 people were killed and many more injured. -
Bloody Sunday
This representation of the Imperials not caring about the ordinary class and the ones under them was a big push for change and somewhat the root of hatred against their leaders. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
It started and the Russians made attacks in Germany but was brutaly beaten and forced to retreat. Then as the army was tired and hungry with noi morale, the people, left with the czarina where growing old of the constant loss and sacrifices for what seemed like nothing. Then Lenin started to go to populated areas and let the idea of communism swirl around. Then in a chain of events the army wasn't doing any better the people grew angry and then communist goverment grew to power. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
They over threw the Czar ruled gaverment and backed out of the First World War. To do this Lenin had to give up some land to Germamny or keep fighting. Lenin chose to try and build up his country so he gave the land to Germamy. This lead Germany to whjat looked like an easy win but they ended up losing. This was the turing point in old Russia and the new style Russia had traken on, and led to the largest power on the face of the Earth. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas was forced by the new and upcomingKerensky goverment system to abdicate his power and title of being the Czar of all the Russia's. From their he was sent to live in Tobolsk and lived there with comfort till the Bolsheviks c ame and took power. Then they were forced to soldier rations and then were moved again to their final place where they were exacuted by the new and upcoming Communism goverment. -
The March Revolution
In March 1917, the Tsar lost control first of the streets, then of the soldiers, and finally of the Duma, resulting in his abdication the 15th of March. -
The March Revolution
The First World War placed an a lot strain on Russia's weak government and economy, resulting in a huge amount of shortages and hunger. In the meantime, the mismanagement and failures of the war turned the people and ,importantly the soldiers, against the Tsar, whose decision to take personal command of the army seemed to make him personally responsible for the defeats. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution was a lot of protest on the goverment, social class, and some of it was undirected. tHere was a lot unsecure gaverment problems from rule to who has the most power in the State Dume of the Rssian Empire, and tyhe multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution.
