Russia in the old order

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    Time of the events

  • Alexander I

    Alexander I
    Inherited the throne, and opened up to all liberal ideas.
    Died in 1825
  • Decembris revolts

    After alexader I died, officers led up to uprising and the fighting of Napoleon.
  • Alexander II

    Alexander II
    Coming to the throne in 1855, he was pressed with liberal ideas. Finally in 1861, he issued aa royal decree that requires emancipation, or freeing the serfs.
  • March 1881

    A cold day where Alexander III's father was assassinated by 2 terrorist bombers.
  • Alexander III

    Alexander III
    Wiping out liberal ideas and revolutions, he increased the power of the secret police, and restored strict censorship. During russiafication, he aimed at suppressing the cultures of non-russian people within the empire. With the pogroms, or violent mob attacks on the jews, this is what caused the jews to later revolt.
  • Nicolas II

    Last emporer of Russia. He secured foreign capital to invest in transportation system and industry.
  • Vlandimir Ulyanov (Lenin)

    Under the fake name Lenin, he became the Union of Soviet Republicans.
  • War with Japan

    Fought for Faith, the Czar, and the Fatherland, but were humiliatingly defeated.
  • Bloddy Sunday

    Nicholas II was gunned down, and all out battles were started on this Sunday.
  • Revolution of 1905

    Strikes multiplied. Workers took over government, and the countryside owners demanded land. Nicholas III reformed for freedom and speech + assembly.
  • Peter Stolypin

    Peter Stolypin
    the person who helped in the October Manifest and other revolutions that he was forced into suppressing.