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Decembrist revolt
Decembrist Revolt The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising took place in Imperial Russia. Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Political enemies nicknamed him Nicholas the Bloody because of his violence. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was the first great war in the 20th century. Russia needed a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy and trade. They needed of that could be used all times of the year. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
WWI: Nicholas IIThe immediate reason for Russia's involvement in the First World War was a result of the decisions made by the statesmen and generals during July 1914. The July crisis in turn was the cause of a series of conflicts that took place in the decade prior to 1914, and this is fundamental to an understanding of Russia's position immediately prior to the War. -
The March Revolution
The Russian Revolution is a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which led to the creation of the Russian SFSR. Nicholas was forced to abdicate and was replaced by by a provisional government during the first revolution. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
In March 1917, the army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms, and Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. Nicholas and his family were first held at the Czarskoye Selo palace, then in the Yekaterinburg palace near Tobolsk. After a secret meeting, a death sentence was passed on the imperial family, and Nicholas, his wife, his children, and several of their servants were gunned down on the night of July 16. -
The Russian Civil War begins
The Russian Cival War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, it lasted fives years. 1917 - 1922 -
The creation of the U.S.S.R.
The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union. The Treaty was a result of many internal political conflicts within the Bolshevik Party and governments inside the Soviet Union. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
Lenin survived two serious assassination attempts, both failed. May 1922, Lenin suffered the first of three strokes, which left him unable to speak for weeks. He was also disabled on the right side of his body. In March 1923, he suffered a third stroke, it ended his career. Lenin was mute and bed-ridden until his death but officially remained the leader of the Communist Party. Lenin dies at age 53. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, sometimes called the Bogside Massacre, was an incident in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment. Fourteen people died, thirteen males were killed outright, the other one died later from wounds.
