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Serfs were freed in 1861, but were heavingly in debt
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Russians formed numerouse political orginizations , the government tried to repress them.
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The Russian economey slows heavingly.
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Thousands of people young and old peacfully marched to czar Nicholas's winter palace in saint petersbeirg in order to deliver a petition asking for better working conditions and a democraticly elected assembly , czar nicholas 's solder's fired at the people killing and wounding hundreds.
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Germany declared war in 1914, Thus begining world war 1
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In december1916 a group of Russian nobles loyal to the czar murderd rasputian
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or on febuary 25 on the old russian calender, strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out.
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On march 15 1917 the government forced the czar nicholas to resighn his throne.
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or october 25 1917 on old russian calender a bolshevik led army of soldeirs took controll of many key positions in petrograd.