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The Great Northern War
In this war Russia was fighting for access to the Baltic Sea and to regain control over the lands of North-Western Russia lost in 1613 -
Decembrist Revolt
In St. Petersburg, Russia, a group of military officials staged a revolt against Tsar Nicholas I. These rebels were liberals who felt threatened by the new ruler's conservative views. They were, however, defeated by the tsar's forces. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Czar Alexander II spoke before the gentry of Moscow and asked them to consider emancipation of the serfs, adding that it would be better to begin to abolish serfdom from above rather than wait for a rising from below. -
The Assasination of Czar Alexander II
Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is 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. They murdered officials and made several attempts on the czar's life before finally assassinating him on March 13, 1881. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Following the Russian rejection of a Japanese plan to divide Manchuria and Korea into spheres of influence, Japan launches a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China. The Russian fleet was decimated. -
The Revolution of 1905
The 1905 Revolution was an uprising of the people of Russia calling for a change in their government. It was started by anxious troops opening fire on peaceful marchers in St. Petersburg on January 9, 1905, a date which has since been called "Bloody Sunday." Tsar Nicholas II, after struggling to regain control of the nation for almost a year, found peace by creating the October Manifesto, a document which granted basic civil liberties and rights to the Russian people and gave citizens a voice -
Bloody Sunday
Well on its way to losing a war against Japan in the Far East, czarist Russia is wracked with internal discontent that finally explodes into violence in St. Petersburg in what will become known as the Bloody Sunday Massacre. -
World War 1
When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
The March Revolution
Workers From Factorys went on strike because they wanted more pay. Nickolas the II tried to shut them down but That only angered them. The royal family was soon
