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Japan attacked the Russian Navy at Port Arthur. The Russo- japanese war was the first great war of the 20th century.
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Demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard when approaching the city center and the Winter Palace.
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Bloody Sunday started a series of events that became known as the 1905 Revolution.It began with a strike at the Putilov works in St. Petersburg. Later industrial workers across Russia as well as railroad workers went on strike.
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Germany declares war on Russia in defense of Austria-Hungary. Russia enters the war with the largest army in the world.
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Czar Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia. He was forced to abdicate following the March Revolution.
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March Revolution began as "National Women's Day." The soldiers who were sent to stop the protestors instead joined them.
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With the help of Germany, Lenin returned to Petrograd the Russian capital. Within a year he would take control of the country.
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This peace treaty of Brest- Litovsk ended Russia's participation in World War I. As part of the agreement, Russia had to surrender much of its land to Germany.
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Under direct order from Lenin, the Romanov family was murdered at Ekateringburg after they had been put under house arrest. Nicholas II was the last Czar to rule Russia.
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To eliminate any threat to his power, Stalin ordered the execution and enslavement of anti Soviets.
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