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Crimean War
Russia fights with France, Britain, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire. they were force to agree to a peace settlement. -
Alexander II becomes emporer
He had became the Tsar after the death of Nicholas I. who was his father and he, Alexander, was the oldest of all of his sons. -
Treaty of Aigun signed with China
The Northern bank of Armur river ceded to Russia. This had set much of the modern border for Russia and China. -
Alexander II emancipates the Serfs
Alexander emancipated the serfs because of the rise of liberalism. The actuality of Russias economic stance was incompatible with the system, and he was driven with fear that without reform the state itself could be shattered by a revolution. -
Education
They adopted a University statute, it removed restrictions from philosophy. It allowed students to travel abroad. -
Judical System reformed, zemstva created
Zemstva was a rural self government. That had been set in to two parts. One representative for the land propreitors and peasants. The other -
Russia Sales Alaska to America
The selling of Alaska was to make up Russia's debt and it was useless to them. -
The League of Three Emporers
The Legue of Three Emperors was an agreement between Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. They had made a pact to not join sides of any country if any attacked another country. -
Kuril Islands Yielded to Japan for exchange
Russia recieved Sakhalin for the Southern half of the Kuril islands. The treaty of St.Petersburg ruled on this situation. -
War with Ottoman Empire Seize
The treaty of San Stefano ended the war. The Treaty provided an independent Bulgaria. The Russian had won the war. -
The Reinsurance Treaty
A secret treaty made by Bismarck. It was said that Russia would remain neutral if Germany were to go under attack from France. That Germany would remain neutral if Russia was attacked by Austria. -
Nicholas II became Czar
Nicholas succeeded Alexander III, his father, after he had died from liver disease. Nicholas was the last Czar Russia had seen. -
Franco-Russia
The treaty was between Russia and France. The result of the treaty was because Germany had failed to resign the treaty with Russia. The treaty is that if either countries go under attack they will help each other. -
RSDRP
This was the uniting of all the various socialist revolutionary parties. -
Trans-Siberian Railway
This project was started in 1891. This had finally allowed workers to migrate out east. -
Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
These two parties were seperated. The Bolsheviks were under the Ruling hand of Lenin. The Mensheviks were being led by Martov. -
Russian-Japanese War
The war was to prevent others knowing that Russia economy was failing in the west. They had wanted to take over an ice-free port. -
Bloody Sunday
This day was also rumored to be the start of the Russian Revolution. Czar Nicholas II had ordered for a group of peaceful demonstraters to be killed because of the petition they held. -
WWI broke out
Russia fought against Germany and the Austrians. The Russians would later come to join forces with Great Britain. -
Petrograd
This was the start of the second Rusian Revolution.
