History of Russia

Alexander II began to riegn as emperor.

Feb 18, 1855

Emancipation reform of 1861

Mar 3, 1861

Alexander issued a manifesto emancipating the serfs; Student Protests against the Tsar.

Alexander III began to reign as emperor

Mar 10, 1881

The Russo-Japanese War

Feb 8, 1904

The Japanese launched a surprise torpedo attack on the Russian Navy at Port Arthur.

Russian Revolution of 1905

Jan 3, 1905

A strike began at Putilov Works in St. Petersburg.

Bloody Sunday

Jan 9, 1905

Peaceful demonstrators arrived at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg to present a petition to the tsar, leading was a priest named Georgi Gapon. The Imperial guard fired on the crowd, killing 200 and wounding 800.

Russo-Japanese War ended

Sep 5, 1905

The treaty of Portsmouth was signed. Russian property and territory was given to Japan, ending the war.

Russian Legislative Election

Mar 9, 1906

The first free elections to the Duma gave majorities to liberal and socialists parties.

The first Duma was called.

Apr 23, 1906

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Prancip of the Bosnian Separatist group Young Bosnia.

February Revolution

Mar 2, 1917

Nicholas abdicated.

The Provisional Government

Mar 30, 1917

The Provisional Government established the autonomous province of Estonia and scheduled elections to an Estonian legislative body, the Maapäev.

Mass conscription to the Res Army

Feb 23, 1918

Began in Moscow and Petrograd.

Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Lovsk.

Mar 3, 1918

This ended the participation in WWI, relinquishing Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, and ceding to the Ottoman Empire all territory captured in the Russo-Turkish War.

Red Army Invasion of Gerogia

Feb 16, 1921

The Eleventh Army crossed into Georgia.