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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania. Charles XII led the Swedish army. The war started when Denmark saw an opportunity to take down Sweden because of Sweden's 18 year old leader. Sweden lost battle. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. The events occured in December, so the rebels were called Decembrists. Took place in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
The serfs were pretty much slaves owned by people of Russia. They would do needs that the owner wanted them to do. Though after the serfs were emancipated they wanted to do things Russians got to do, but they couldn't because of the Russian government. The Russian government kept saying you can do this and that now but really the serfs couldn't do anything not even get land. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
He 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, employed terrorism and assassination in their attempt to overthrow Russia's czarist autocracy. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Was the first "Great War" of the 20th century. Russia thought they could easily beat Japan since they are just a little island, but they were wrong. The war was fought closer to Japan, so Russia didn't have enough supplies to take down Japan. There was only one train going back and forth carrying supplies. Only about 1/3 of the Russian soldiers had weapons. -
Bloody Sunday
A massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed, peaceful demonstrators marching to present a petition to the Tsar Nicholas II were gunned down by the Imperial Guard while approaching the city center and the Winter Palace from several gathering points. -
Revolution of 1905
Was a 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. It led to the establishment of limited constitutional monarchy. -
World War 1 (Russia Involvment)
By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in those areas it controlled. Nicholas II had a vision of him leading his army. Therefore, he spent much time at the Eastern Front. This was a terrible move as it left Alexandra in control back in the cities. She had become increasingly under the influence of the one man named Rasputin who seemingly had the power to help her son, Alexis, afflicted by haemophilia. -
The March Revolution
Is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Russian Throne
Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule. He tried to contain a country wich was destined for change.
