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The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt against serfdom and autocracy broke out in the Senate Square in St. Petersburg. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Czar Alexander II spoke before the gentry of Moscow and asked them to consider emancipation of serfs. Alexander said it would be better to begin abolishing serfdom. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas II inherited the throne when his father died of kidney disease. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the era desperate to change. He was associated with Rasputin. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The main two branches of Russian socialism, Bolsheviks are communists (red), led by Lenin, "land, peace, bread", peasant support. Mensheviks are white, upper and middle classes, and supports of provisional or czarist Russia. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese war was known as the first great war of the 20th century. It started out with rival imperial ambitions of the Russian empire and the empire of japan. -
Bloody Sunday
Protestors and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British army ordered by Nicholas the second. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution was a wave of political and social unrest that spread through areas of the Russian empire. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Global War started in Europe. Over 9 million combats and 7 million civilians died in result. WWI lasted four years and three months. -
The March Revolution
The emperor was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaces with a new government. In the second revolution the government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik government. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Lenin ordered an assault on the winter palace and was surprised that the defenders of the palace gave up with little resistance. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
Kerensky served as minister of justice in the democratic Russian provisional government. In July he became the second prime minister until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. -
The Russian Civil War begins
The civil war was a multi- party war and the Russian empire fought between the Bolseviks red army and the Mensheviks which was the white army. -
Nicholas II and his family are executed
Nicholas II and his family were forced to believe that they were taking a family picture and were then executed and buried in a unknown spot without any further word to anyone of Russia. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Lenin’s death was through criticism and expanding his role.
