Events Leading up to the Russian Revolutionary war

By Kriewaldt

  • The Great Northern War

    The Great Northern War
    The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and a coalition lead by Peter the Great.

  • The Decembrist Revolt

    The Decembrist Revolt
    A small group of nobles and army officers tried to overthrow the czar's government.

  • Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs

    Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
    Alexander recognized the social unrest among the serfs, who were by far the largest portion of the population. He freed the serfs in order to avoid a revolution, which could overthrow not only his government and rule but the entire existing social order. As Alexander had said, it is better to free the serfs from above than have them free themselves from below.

  • The Assassination of Alexander II

    The Assassination of Alexander II
    Alexander II was killed.

  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War
    The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, which began with the Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur, had its roots in the simultaneous determination of both Japan and Russia to develop 'spheres of influence' in the Far East, mainly at the expense of China.

  • The Revolution of 1905

    The Revolution of 1905
    The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread throughout the Russian Empire. It led to the establishment of a limited constitutional monarchy, the creation of the Duma and the eventual drafting of a Russian constitution.

  • The March Revolution

    The March Revolution
    The March revolution of 1917 occur in Russia during WW1. It all stared when 90 000 textile workers went on strike in Russia protesting about the shortage of fuel and bread.

  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
    Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an period of desperate for change. The disastrous outcome of the Russo-Japanese War led to the Russian Revolution of 1905

  • World War I (Russian Involvement)

    World War I (Russian Involvement)
    The Russians were not prepared for the war, so russia lost the war.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Father Gapon led 200,000 workers to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Soldiers under the Czar’s orders moved in and fired on the unarmed crowd.100 dead and 3000 wounded.