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The 1905 Revolution
On 1/22/1905 thousands of people marched to deliever a petition to Tsar Nicholas. They wanted better working conditions and a democratically elected assembly. Image: http://blogs.rowlandhs.org/groups/academicdecathlon/wiki/2dd67/images/c0b0b.jpg -
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The Duma
Following the petition on the same day, soldiers fired on demonstrators and killed hundreds of people. This caused the liberals to coordinate strikes by different groups. So after many strikes and petitions, Nicholas agreed to set up a law-making body, the Duma. After getting rid of the first 2 Dumas, the third one was demonstrateed only by supporters of Nicholas. Image: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2283/2238709397_e30974c76e.jpg -
Germans declare war on Russia
Near the beginning of WWI, Germnay declared war on Russia. This showed how weak tsarist rule really was. The Russians had a poor army, so Germany had no problem overpowering them. The wr left Russia with shortages of food, fuel, and social discontent. Image: http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/WWI.gif -
Death of Rasputin
Rasputin was a "holy man", known to more as a crazy man, who cared for Nicholas's son who had hemophelia. While Nicholas was under his influence, he often had incompetant officials who didn't do their job well. In December, 1916 a group of people loyal to the tsar murdered Rasputin. Image: http://www.alexanderpalace.org/2006rasputin/p/rasputin22.jpg -
March Revolution
Due to the food and fuel shortages caused by World War I, people started riots and strikes in Petrogard. Troops were sent to stop the commotion but the troops joined the demonstrators instead of fixing the problem. Image: http://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/russia1917.jpg -
Tsar Nicholas Abdicates
Liberal members of the Duma began to set up a provisional government. This government forced Nicholas to step down on March 15, 1917 and took he and his family into custody where they were later killed. Image: http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/50532/1380540-nich2.jpg -
Dual Power
After the provisional government was set up, a group of people reviived the Petrogard that was set up in 1905 and called themselves the Soviet of Workers'. When both of these governments claimed authority it became known as dual power. Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Russian_Revolution_of_1917.jpg/300px-Russian_Revolution_of_1917.jpg -
November Revolution
On 11/7/1917 a Bolshevik-led army took control of Petrogard. The next day the Congress of Soviets let the Bolsheviks run the national government. They created a type of secret police called the Cheka. Image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ug0TV7MPxvI/ULt42XqPJUI/AAAAAAAAXqw/xOqTDVEiPHc/s1600/American+Bolsheviks+3.jpg -
Russia Withdraws from War
The new government immediately withdrew Russia from war with Germany. Russia negotiated a cease-fire and on 3/3/1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed to prevent invasion from Germany. Some effects of the treaty were..
- Russia lost 1/4 of it's territory
- Finland and Ukraine became independant
- A lot of territory that had been ruled by Russia was now under German control
- Russia lost factories and 1/3 of it's food producing land Image: http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/7d736107ee6af -
Russian Civil War
After a Soviet constitution went into effect, "the whites" began organizing resistance. The war between the Reds and the Whites lasted for about two years. The communists won, and the revolution was complete. Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sino-Soviet_split_1980.svg/300px-Sino-Soviet_split_1980.svg.png