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The Decemberist Revolt
The decemberist revolt occured because a gorup of nobles led an uprising in protest of Nicholis the first taking the throne. The members of the revelot mostly came form military backgorunds. The members were also mostly upper classmen. -
Nicholas the Second becomes Czar
Nicholas the second becomes czar of Russia after experiencing his father Alexander the third. He was untrained and unicleined to rule. He would go ont to try to prevent the downfall of the current system but would end up failing. -
Russo-Japanese War
This war with Japan only lasted a year. It was over a chain of islands where there were valuable resources. Going into the battle the Russians believed it would be an easy fight but they lost. -
TBloody Sunday
On this day workers marched on the Winter palace to fight for two rights. The right for free speach and for the right to vote. Nicholas the second told securituy to deal with the riot and they began to shoot down the protesters. The nickname bloody sunday was given and Nicholas the second recived the name Bloody Nicholas. -
Russia enter WW1
On this date Russia offiacally had entered World war 1. Russia had gathered an army of 6.5 million and by the end had lost 2 million of the 6. With the decision to enter the war came a few major downsides. One being it would put the country even deeper in to debt and more people into poverty. Thus crippling their own economy. -
March Revolution
On this day 90,000 men and women marched the streets of Petrograd. In this process the people brwled with police and eended up destroying some police stations. This showed how much belief was left in the old system. -
Nicholas the Second Abidcates the Throne
On this day Czar Nicholas the second abidicate the throne due to a group of Petrograd Insurgents. This allows for Russia to adopt the new form of government called Communisium. This also lead to the the czars assination. -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was fought between two parties, the reds and the whites. This occured when the czar had abicated the thorne and people wanted their canidate to come to power. This ended up in a civil war and the Red Army take the throne. -
The formation of the USSR
With the throne abdicated there was a huge fight on who should rule. In the end the Red army, who was fighting for Communism, had won. Vladimir Lenin had come into power and turned the country into a comunist state. He then redubed the country as the USSR or The United Soviet Stated of Russia -
Vladimir Lenin dies
Vladimir Lenin had been a big part of the Russian Revolution. He was a driving force for the people. He would go to cities and give speeches to gain followers. He ended up leading the country and when he died Joseph Stalin took his place. They even renamed Petrograd, Leningrad after him.
