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The Great Northen War
the Great Northern War or also called the second norten war were Denmark, Russia, and saxony-poland fought Sweden in the Balctic sea.results in sweden haveing leese influence and Russia amerges as the major power in the region. sweden expansion in the Baltic sea during the war stoped the nabering countries from useing the seas. Sweden also had a alliance with the house of Holstein-Gottorp. During the war Sweden lost more and more power includeing the control over the Balctic sea Sweden fell -
the decembrist revolt
decambrist were upper class men who had military background. The Northen Society take the adventage of the confusion of Alexander 1 death by asking the St.Peterburg troops to not take a oath Nicholas 1.Istead the Northen Society wanted the brother Constantine. though it was a good try it was easy to surpress.the south was easily defeated and Nicholas i had five men kill, 31 imprision,and the rest sent to Siberia. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipated the Serfs
Alexander ii freed the slaves with 17 accompied legislative acts.since the slaves were freed violence went up which mad alexander ii think about a reform of russias society.negro slaves were chattels and were disposible because negros were property to the masters.public servent who had vested interested in maintaining the tsarist state -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group. The People's Will, organized in 1879, employed terrorism and assassination in their attempt to overthrow Russia's czarist autocracy. They murdered officials and made several attempts on the czar's life before finally assassinating him on March 13, 1881. -
Nicholas ii abdicates the Russain throne
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change.However, Nicholas soon retracted most of these concessions, and the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups won wide support. -
the revulotion of 1905
uprising that was instrumental in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. Their protests ranged from liberal rhetoric to strikes and included student riots and terrorist assassinations. These efforts, coordinated by the Union of Liberation, culminated in the massacre of peaceful demonstrators in the square before the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, -
bloody sunday
Bloody sunday was just a peaceful but illegal demestration by Roman civil rights that turned violent when Britain paratroopers opened fire killing 13 and injuring 14 other(one injured person died later).Bloody sunday precipitated an upsurge in support for the Irish Republican army which advocated violence against the United Kingdom which forced them to withdraw from Northen Ireland.the demonstrat was organized by the Northen Ireland civil rights association and had near 10,000 people their. -
World War 1
world war one was a major conflict between 25 countries includeing Russia,Japan,Italy, and in 1917 United States and Germany joined to finish the fight.World War one led to a revulotion in Russia which led to World War two.8.5 million soldiers died,65million were mobilized, and 21 million were
wounded.this war was the first one to be called the total war and had most production for guns. -
the reovultion march
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR.The Emperor was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917. -
Russo-Japenese war
Germany,France,and Russia demanded that Japan would evacuate Port Arthur but Japan yeilded but in 1898 Russia seized the Peninsula.Later Russia occupied all of Manchuria and Japan pressed Russia to withdraw but Russia refused.Japan prepared for war by strengthening its army and navy and teamed up with Great Britain in 1902.suprised Russia with a surprise torpedo attack which broke up their allience and dealt Russia a series of defeats.