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Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers protested at Decembrist Square against Nicholas I assumption of the throne. Protest had very little effect at the time, though it did influence major protests in the future. -
The emancipation of Russian Serfs
A manifesto issued by the Russian emperor Alexander II that accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the Russian Empire. -
The social Democratic party splits
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Russo-Japenese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. Wikipedia -
Bloody Sunday
Civilian Protestors demanding for rights in Russia's capitols were responded by miltary force. Over 100 of the thousands of protestors were shot and killed. This is one of many events that fueled the hatred of Zsar Nicholas II and eventually led to the ousting of him from office and the start of the Bolshevek Revolution. -
Revolution of 1905
A wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It led to Constitutional Reform including the establishment of the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906. -
War Aftermath
Russia's economy suffered tumoltously after the war. Due to the amount of money spent during the war effect, and the utter destruction to their country inflicted by Germany. Russia fell into bankruptcy. As an added bonus, over 38 million russians died in the war effort. -
WW1 Begins
Russia fights in the first world war, known back then as "The Great War". Russia and their allies won the war against Germany, However, by the time they were done, they suffered numerous casualties and were severely depleted of resources. -
Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
An uprising in Petrograd accompanied by striking workers and the army result in the czar giving up his throne. He was then arrested by the Bolsheviks and killed with his entire family. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin, with his red army, take control of Russia, with support with a large majority of Russians. -
Russian Civil War
Lasting from 1918 to 1921, the civil war was fought between different political parties for the future of the country. -
1918 Treaty of Brest-Litvosk
Treaty that ended russia's participation in WW1.
