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The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was staged in Imperial Russia by army officers who lead three thousand Russian Soldiers. These events occurred in December, so they called it Decembrist. This took place in the Senate Sqaure in St. Peterburg. The Decembrist represented the elite of the military officers whose desire for greater freedom. -
Nicholas II becomes Czar of Russia
He was the first child to the heir to the Russian throne. He had a loving family and was educated by a seccession of private tutors. When Alexander III died, Nicholas became emperor. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan fought over control of Manchuria and Korea. Despite of having a larger amount of troops Japan easily won the war. This defeat shows the declining power of Russia, it also showed the poor organizaiton leadership of the military in Russia. -
Bloody Sunday
Workers in Russia had been organizing themselves with the goal of more econmic equality. Protesters led by Fr. Georgy Gapon marched to the winter palace. Imperial forces opened fire and killed and wounding hundreds of people. Nicholas also got the name "Bloody Nicholas". -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia had entered the first world war with a largest army. Russia had responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg weaken the Russian Army in the war. -
The March Revolution
It was a revoluton focused around Petrograd that is now St. Petersburg. Government corruption was rampant and the Russian economy remained backwards. Later on, Nichloas dissolved the duma. -
Czar Nicholas Abdicated the Russian Throne
The garrison army at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms and NIcholas was forced to abdicate. A death sentence was passed on the family, and the whole family and severak of their servants were gunned down on the night of July 16. -
Russian Civil War
The war was to tear Russia apart for three years. The civil war occurred becuse there were many groups that had formed that opposed to Lenin's Bolsheviks. There was a disagreement over the treaty of Brest_Litousk lead to spilit between the Bolsheviks and the white. -
The Creation of the USSR
The USSR stands for The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Three republics formed the USSR and they are Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian republics. It's also known as the Soviet Union and grew in the wake of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. -
Vladimir Lenin Death
Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union. Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54.
