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Emancipation Edict
Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict (the reform abolished serfdom [peasants under feud] throughout the Russian Empire) -
Attempted Assassination
An attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander II failed, killing 11 and wounding 56. -
Tsar Alexander was ACTUALLY Assassinated
March of 1881, he was killed by a member of the radical group "People’s Will". He was overtaken by his son, Alexander III. -
1891–1892
Famine in Russia killed between 375,000 and 400,000 and affected millions more. -
Tsar Alexander III died
Died after a sudden illness; his son Nicholas (Nicholas II) takes the throne. -
Outbreak of World War I
1st August 1914 Germany declares war on Russia, with Russia entering the First World War. -
(Somewhat) Equality for Women
In July of 1917- FINALLY, women are granted the right to vote and hold office! -
Declared Republic
Russia is declared as a republic in September -
The Fighting Stops
An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed, and fighting stops in the December of 1917. -
The Treaty
3rd March 1918- Russia finishes its participation in the First World War. Russia loses one-third of the old empire’s population, one-third of its railway network, half its industry, three-quarters of its supplies of iron ore, nine-tenths of its coal resources and much of its food supplies. This was extremely unfair and left most of Russia depressed. -
Soviet Union
December 1922- Creation of the Soviet Union. -
World War II
German forces invaded Poland resulting in World War 2 which then caused Russia to occupy Poland. -
The End of WWII
In August, The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which resulted in the ending of WW2. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service. -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first astronaut. He was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to launch into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. -
Berlin Wall built
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. -
MIR Space Station
Russia launches the MIR, a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is destroyed -
Soviet Union demolished
The Soviet Union is dismantled and Russia becomes an independent federation -
Putin
In March 2000, President Vladimir Putin wins election. -
Putin pt. 2
Mr Putin wins second presidential term by far, consolidating his power. -
Rigging Votes?
October- Opposition parties accuse the authorities of rigging local elections, as the governing United Russia party wins every poll by a wide margin. -
Putin... pt. 3
March- Putin was voted leader once again. -
World Trade Organization
August-Russia formally joins the World Trade Organization after 18 years of negotiations. -
Air Strike
September- Russia carries out first air strikes in Syria, saying it targets the Islamic State group. -
The Poisoning
In March, there was a poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, which Britain pinned firmly on Russia.
