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Romanov Dynasty begins with Mikhail Romanov
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Romanov Dynasty begins with Mikhail Romanov
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The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is published
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Came to power after his father's death
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Famine and disease affect the 36 million peasants living between the Ural Mountians and Black Sea
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Nicholas II begins ruling after his father's death
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Part of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, the Bolsheviks came to power during the October Revolution. The Bolsheviks eventually led to Soviet Union.
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150,000 workers with their wives and children marched to the Winter Palace to bring a petition of economic grievances to the tsar. Thousands of troops fred on the crowd, killing 40, wounding hundreds.
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Japan attacked Russia after the Russians refused to acknowledge Korea as part of Japan's sphere of influence. Japan defeated Russia in the war.
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This book analyzes class struggles and the problems with capitalism.
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Stolypin dissolved the first Duma and worked to improve the lives of urban laborers.
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Russia joins in the war to fight Germany
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Rasputin is poisened, shot, bludgeoned, and drownd by several people in the tsar's palace.
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Demonstrations in Petrograd lead to Nicholas II's abdication.
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Nicholas II is assassinated along with his family by a firing squad during the night.
