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Czar Alexander II Emancipated the Serfs
With his simple command he stoped surfdom. Four years later slavery was abolished in the U.S. -
Construction of trans-siberian railroad
A network of railway that connects Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan with a length of 5,772 miles. It also has branches that connect to China. Mongolia, and North Korea. -
Nicholas II
Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia. He received the throne after the death of his father Alexander III, in 1894. He bearly met the requirements of taking his fathers place on the throne. He married German princess Alix ofHesse, within a month of his fathers passing. They had four daughters and a hemophiliac son, in order to have a heir to the throne. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russian expansion prevoked by Japan. Nicholas II hoped for a great victory. Russia lost due to abandoning positions. -
The revolution of 1905
An uprising against Nicholas II attempting to change the Russian government from Autocracy to Constitutional Monarchy. -
Bloody Sunday
The russian revolution was started by peacful protests on January 22, this may have ruined the relationship between the Czar, Nicholas II. The people. While the protesters marched, they were soon met by troops. The troops were ordered to fire upon the crowd. After the troops fired, several hundred protesters lay dead. The event was then called "Bloody Sunday". -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks- Radical led by Lenin (red)
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World War I
At the beginning of the war Russia's military was weak. Nicholas II decided for himself to become commander-and-cheif, so he could take immediate control of ther army. Nicholas II spent most of his time between late 1915 to August 1917 away from Saint Petersburg. While away, the emperess was far more worried and turned towards Rasputin for help. -
The March Revolt
Police tryed t ocarry out the orders from Nicholas II. The rioters opened prisions and rioted so the Czar would quit. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
With WW I and riots he was forced by the provisional committee to abdicate the throne. He and his family are placed under house arrest. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
A woman's battalion and group of cadets defended the palace. Then gave up with little resistance. The main objective was to put Russia into Civil War. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the Prime Minister of the provisional government
His government woulden't end the war. -
November revolution
Lenin ordered a coup d'état. It ended the Provisional government. -
Nicholas II and his family are executed
Nicholas and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks under the order of Vladimir Lenin. -
The Russian Civil War begins
In the fall of 1917, the Russian Government is overthrown by the Bolsheviks. In the spring of 1918 they engaged in a Civil War. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin was embalmed and mausoleum near moscow. When Stalin took over, he transformed Russia into a military and industrial superpower.
