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Decembrist Revolt
In 1825, czar, Alexander I passed away, and there was confusion as to who te crown would go to next as Alexander had no legitimate siblings. It was going to go to his eldest brother, but he married a woman outside of his class. His youngest brother Nicholas I took the throne next. this caused an uprising lead by a group that called themselves the Decembrists, that was quickly shut down. The Decembrists were arrested and exiled to Siberia. -
Emancipation of the Serfs
Sefs were the lowest class in Russia. They were basically servants for higher class people. Every single day they would go to work for an upper class citizen, and would get peyed very little, or not at all. In 1861, Czar Alexander II freed all serfs from their rulers. -
Nicholas II Becomes Czar of Russia
After Alexander III died, Nicholas II was next in line for the throne, even though he was not quite ready for it. He was married to a German woman named Alexandria. He was the last Russian Czar. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia went to war over some land known as Manchuria. You would think that a war would have devastating affects on a country, but Moscow and St. petersburg, the regions where a large amount of the population lies, are on the opposite side of the country from where the fighting was taking place. the treaty of Portsmouth ended the war in 1905 -
Bloody Sunday
A breakout of strikes in St. Petersburg marched toward the Winter Palace in January 1905. Nicholas II ordered his army to go out and deal with the mobs. They fired into the crowd killing hundreds of people. This massacre gave Nicholas II the nickname, Bloody Nicholas. -
Revolution of 1905
Word of Bloody Sunday spread throughout Russia. 400,000 peasants from all over the country rebelled against their owners. Soviets formed, and strikes broke out everywhere demanding that the peasants get better working conditions, and are paid more. -
Bolsheviks vs. Mensheviks
Russia's Social Democratic labor Party splits into two groups. led by Vladimir Lenin (pictured), was the Bolsheviks, who supported communism. The other side, led by Josef Stalin, were the Mensheviks, who were still on the side of the Czarist government. The Bolsheviks were represented by the color red. The Mensheviks, were represented by the color white. -
World War 1
Russia was horrifically unprepared for the war. Their economic system nearly collapsed, when the nation suffered massive food shortages, and millions upon millions of deaths. -
March Revolution
Riots began coming up in St. Petersburg after Nicholas abdicated the throne. Nicholas tried to order his army to fight back against the crowd again, but this time they took the side of the people. Nicholas and his family were taken away to a structure that was named the Ipatiev House, where they were no longer rayalty, but prisoners. -
Abdication of the Throne
As the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks came together, strikes started breaking out against Nicholas. As these riots got worse, in 1917, the Czar was forced to give up, or abdicate the Russian throne, leaving it empty. -
Winter Palace captured
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks are able to capture Nicholas's Winter Palace, after the Russian throne is abdicated in the previous month. -
Alexander Kerensky leads Russia
After the abdication of the Russian throne, Alexander Kerensky quickly gained power, and took Nicholas's place. He was known as a good leader in all of his areas of government, but he made a great mistake in his leadership. In the March Revolution, the protesters were shouting, "LAND,PEACE,BREAD!" Kerensky made the big mistake of simply ignoring the chants. He was thrown out of office in November of 1917 by Lenin, and moved away and was never seen in Russia again. -
Nicholas II and Family Executed
On July 16, 1917, Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, his children, and his servants were led into the basement of the Ipatiev House. They thought they were getting their picture taken, but they were killed by the firing squad. -
Russian Civil War
After the Bolsheviks had power in Russia, a great war broke out. The peasants who made up most of the Bolsheviks were supporters of Lenin and communism. The Mensheviks were made up of Stalin and a couple of other nations, including the U.S. The war lasted four years, and ended when Lenin agreed to the Treaty of riga in 1921. -
Vladimir Lenin Dies
On January 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke, leaving the throne empty once more. There was a question to be asked now. Who was next in line? It could have been Josef Stalin, or Lenin's partner, Leon Trotsky. Josef Stalin, leader of the Mensheviks took the Russian throne in 1924.
