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The Decembrist Revolt
Officers led 3,000 soldiers to protest against Nicholas the First's asumption of the throne. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Serfs were given all the rights of free citizens, gaining the rights to marry without having to gain consent, to own property and to own a business. Peasants would be able to buy the land from the landlords. Household serfs were the worst affected as they only gained freedom and no land. -
Nicholas II becoms czar
After his father died in 1894, Nicholas was next in line for the throne. However, he decided that he was not capable of the responsibity. Later in 1881 he decided it was time for him to finally step up and take his father's place as czar. -
Social Democratic party split
Bolsheviks pushed for an almost immediate "proletarian" revolution,but the Mensheviks insisted that Russia wasnt ready for an immediate working-class revolution. -
Russo-Japanese War
"First great war of the 20th century" War caused by the ambitions of the Empires of Japan and Russia over Korea and Manchuria. Most importantly areas like Southern Manchuria, the Liaodong Peninsula, Mukdan, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow sea. Japan eventully won, forcing Russia to abandon its expantion policy. Japan became the first Asian power to defeat a European power. -
Revolution of 1905
So many emotions were held back in the years of the Russian Empire from peasant unrest, to political anger, and military mutinies. All of this led to the establishment of limited constitutional monarchy, the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906. -
March Revolution
Putilov's biggest facory workers demanded a 50% wage increase to have more money for food. After mangement ignored, the workers went on skrike. Four days later 30,000 employees were locked out of work. They had no food or money. Riots got worse and out of control. Nicholas II has to release the emergency food supply. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas was not a good leader. He was a weak and unsuccesful czar. He casused Russia to go from one of the greatest powers, to a military and economic collapse before his eyes. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Vladimir Lenin arrived at St. Petersburg, hoping that he would be able to transform the unrest caused by the overthrow of the czar ,and then take Russia out of war. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
He was the second minister-chairman in office. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Lenin was determined to lead the Bolsheviks to power."The immediate outcome was to plunge Russia into a brutal civil war that ended with a Bolshevik victory in 1921." -
Russian Civil war begins
Fought between the Red army and the white army. The white Armed forced of south Russia in Ukraine came out victorious. White army was led by Aleksandr Kolchak in SIberia (1919) -
Execution of Nicholas II
Nicholas II was forced to abdicate after a number of years. Afterward, his entire family was kept as prisoners near St. Petersburg. They were moved to the Ipatiev house, where they were all shot and killed. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin died of a brain haemorrhage in 1924 at the age of 54. He managed to gain power after the death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin's criticisms and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any arguments. -
bloody sunday
Civil rights protesters were killed by the imperial gaurd when they attemped to approach Nichalos II with a petition. This event caused a public outrage. This event marked the start of the Revolution of 1905.
