Events Leading Up to the Russian Revolution

By sillkyl
  • The Great Northern War

    The Great Northern War
    Was a conflict with the Tsardom of Russia and the Supermacy of the Sweedish army.
  • The Decembrist Revolt

    The Decembrist Revolt
    Russian officers led about 3,000 soliders to protest about Nicholas I's assumption of the throne. Since this took place in December they call the revolters Decembrists. It was talking place in Senate Square, Petersburg. After the revolution they called the square the Decembrist Square.
  • The Assassination of Alexander II

    The Assassination of Alexander II
    Alexander was assassinated by the people who didnt really like him on March 2, 1855
  • Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs

    Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
    The Czar Alexander frees the Serfs in the year 1861.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
    He was crowned May 26. 1894
  • The Revolution of 1905

    The Revolution of 1905
    A ton of people got into fights and eventually a ton of people just went on strike from their jobs.
  • World War I (Russian Involvement)

    World War I (Russian Involvement)
    The reason why Russia got into the World War was because they started attacking Siberia, Russia.
  • The March Revolution

    The March Revolution
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War
    This was really the first Great War of the 20th Century people say but, others disagree.It was because of rival ambitions of the Russian Empire.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    This was just a huge massacre that happened accidently because some Brittish soliders shot 26 bystanders and which half of them were teenagers.