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Great Northern War
coalition ked by Tsardom of Russia contested the supremacy of the Sweedish Empire in Northern, Central, and Eastern Russia (and won). Leaders of the anti-sweedish alliance: Peter the Great (Russia), Frederick lV (Denmark/Norway), and Agustus ll the Strong (Lithuania) -
Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led 3000 soliders to protest against Bloody Nicholas, getting the throne after his brother removed himself from the line of succession. It is called the Decembrist Revolt because it happened in december, and it took place in Senate Square in St. Petersburg, and in 1925 itwas names Decembrist Square and changed back to Senate Square in 2008. -
Czar Alexandrer ll emancipates the serfs
Also called the Peasent Reform of 1861, 23 million serfs were freed from their lives or property and were givenmany rights. They could buy land from their landlords, however the household serfs got freedom but no land. -
The assasination of Alexander ll
ALexandrer ll was assasinated on March 31st, 1881, infront of the White Palace in Saint petersburg by a member of the revolutinary Peoples Will which was organised in 1879. ALexander tried to modernise russia by abolishing serfdom in1861, but whenever his suthority was challanged, he turned very repressive. The day he died, he signed a constitution that would have created two legislative comissions made up of elected represenatives. -
Russian Involvement in WW1
People ralleyed around Nicholas ll and the attacks on the Mascurian and Tannenburg lakes made the russian armyweaker. They growing influance of Gergory Rasputin did a great deal of damage to the royal family, andby the end of 1917, the Romanovs who ruled for about 300 years, were no longer in charge of Russia. Since Nichlas dreamed of leading an army into battle he spent a lot of time at the Eastern Front, leading people, and giving orders, leaving Alexandra in charge. That wasn't wise. -
Bloody SUnday
Bloody Sunday was when a group of people peacefully protesting the ways of Nicholas ll were marching to his castel in St. Petersburg, and once they got there, Nicholas and his men opened fire, and mirdered themmall in cold blood, and they did it just because there were peple wo didnt like him Because of that daym namy riots, fights, and organization were started, and thats when he got the nickname Bloody Nicholas. -
Russo Japanese War
SInce Russia wanted a warm water port, Vlasivostok was the only one working, but Port Aurthur workes all year long. After the fitst Sino-Japanese war in 1903, the nagotioation between Rissia and Japan have been proved to be impractical. Japan offered to reconise Russian dominanse anad Monchuria if Russia would reconise Kprea as a Japanese Sphere of Influance, but Russia declined, beginning the Russso-Japaneese war in 1905. -
Russian Revolution of 1905
political and social riots were breaking out everywhere because of Bloody Sunday. Sme protests were directed to the government and some to Nicholas. Things that were common to see, were workers on strike, pesents rioting, and military mutany. It also led to the establishment of COnstitutional MOnarchy, the State DUma of the Russian Empire, and the milty party system, and the Russian Constitution in 1906. -
Czar Nicholas ll abdicates
happened during the February revolution. In 1914, nicholas led the country into another costly war, leaving his people hungry, sick, and dieing if not already dead. The people demanded rights and socialist reforms. A death sentence passed over Nicholas and the royal family, right after a secret meeting. -
The March Revolution
Because of this revlution, the abdication of Nicholas ll happened, collapse of the imperial government, collapse of the provisional government and thecreation of the russian SFSR and the beginning of the Russian CIvil War.