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Decembrist Revolt
A group of 3,000 soldiers protest the ascension of Nicholas I assumption of the throne following Constantine removing himself from the line of consumption. -
Czar Nicholas II Ascends the Throne
Upon the death of Czar Alexander III, Nicholas II ascends the throne. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan, in a paranoid attempt to stop completion of the Trans-Siberian railroad and protect assest in Korea, declares war on Russia. -
Bloody Sunday
Peaceful protestors, led by Father Gregory Gapon, marched up to the Winter Palace and were fired upon by the Imperial Guard, resulting in dozens of deaths. -
Russia Enters World War 1
The Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia. This leads to Russia mobilizing to protect their allies. -
The March Revolution
Following the abdication of Czar Nicholas II, the Duma establish themselves as the new heads of state, forming the russian provisional government that will inevitably become deposed by the Bolsheviks in October. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Throne
Following several riots and revolts for socialist reforms, Czar Nicholas has no choice but to abdicate the throne. -
Russian Civil War
Following the institution of the Bolsheviks, the Reds, a group of Czarist rebels, the Whites, break away and begin a brutal civil war to try and reinstitiute the Czar. -
The Creation of the U.S.S.R.
A conference is held by several independant communist countries to unify under the banner of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; the Soviet Union. -
Vladimir Lenin Dies
Following a horribly debilitiating stroke, Lenin is left in a vegetative state for several months before his death on January 21, 1924.
