Russian History

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  • Creation of The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

    Creation of The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

  • Nicholas II becomes Russia's new Tsar

    Nicholas II becomes Russia's new Tsar

    Alexander III dies after an illness so his son, Nicholas II, becomes Russia's new ruler

  • Nicholas is crowned as the Tsar of Russia

  • The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups: Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

    The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups: Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

  • The Russo-Japanese War starts

    The Russo-Japanese War starts

    Japan attacks Russia without any war declaration. The war developed from Russia’s and Japan’s rivalry for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Japanese-War

  • Russian Revolution of 1905 (manifiesto)

    The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas promised civil liberties and an elected parliament to end it

  • End of Russo-Japanese War

    Victory for Japan, first time an Asian country shows superiority over a European one

  • Creation of a Constitution

    Nicholas promised the creation of a Constitution in the manifiesto of 1905, so he created one in 1906

  • More strikes

    Strikes against the Tsar start to grow.

  • Start of World War I

    Russia starts to fight in WWI, being part of the Allied Power

  • Murder of Rasputin

    Monk Rasputin (friend of the Royal family) is murdered, he was considered controversial

  • Start of The Russian Revolution of 1917

  • Russian Revolution of February 1917 (abdication of Nicholas)

    the February Russian Revolution toppled the Russian monarchy and established a Provisional Government. The TSAR abdicates

  • Russian Revolution of October 1917

    Strikes against the Provisional Government. The rev. placed the Bolsheviks as the leaders of Russia, resulting in the creation of the world's first communist country.

  • The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party.

  • The Bolsheviks change their name to the Communist Party and Moscow becomes the new capital of Russia

  • Start of Russian Civil War

    Red Army VS. White Army. The Red Army belongs to the Bolsheviks which are leaded by a man called Lenin. They wanted socialism for Russia. On the other hand, The White army wanted a Capitalist government with alternatives of Socialism

  • Assassination attempt of Lenin

    The White Army tries to kill Lenin (leader of the Red Army) and he is injured

  • End of Russian Civil War

    The Bolsheviks win the War (Red Army).

  • The Bolsheviks on the Lead

    Bolsheviks wanted to eliminate any tracks of the White Army.

  • Creation of the USSR

    USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    The USSR was created by the new government of the Red Army, by Lenin. The Soviet Union was a union of multiple national Soviet republics (14 countries)
    It was a Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic.