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Russian army sent 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I because his older brother Constantine removed himselft from the line of succession.
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He gave the serfs more freedoms but they were still not happy.
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Nicholas II took the thrown after Alexander died.
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The Russo Jappenese War was about Japan not liking that Russia was expanding.Nicholas II hoped for a victory becasue it would make him a hero.
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It wsa filled with worker strikes, peasent unrest, and military betrayles. Some of it was directed to the government and some was undirected.
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it was led by a Russian Orthodox Priest. 200,000 people went into the front of the Winter Palace. Soldiers moved in and fired on the crowd
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Lenin did not agree with Nicholas II so he split the socialist party into two groups.
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Russia mobilizes becasue Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia. then on August 1 Germany declared war on Russia.
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Nicholas II gave up his spot in the thrown because Russia was collapsing. His family was imprisoned in a farm house.
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Riots broke out in Petrograd. Workers formed soviets.
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Lenin ordered Trotsky to make the red army go and attack the WInter Palace and take it over. The Bolsheviks succeeded at capturing the palace.
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Alexander was chosen to be the new leader of the provisional government
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A war fought between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. THe bolsheviks won and Russia became communist.
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His family was told that they were getting their picture taken in the basement. When they got ready for the picture they were shot upon by soldires.
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Lenine had a series of hemorrhages and he died. Joseph Stalin took ver and started communism and begame his reig of terror.
