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Decembrist Revolt
In St. Petersburg, a group of military leaders started a revolt agaisnt Tsar Nicholas I.
They were concerned about his conservational views.
They were stopped by the Tsars forces. -
Emancipation of the serfs
Occured during the reign of a Alexander the Great
Gave the serfs all the rights of a free citizen
More than 23 million serfs gained their freedom. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was amassacre in St. Petersburg.
Unarmed peaceful protestors, marched to present a petition.
They were gunned down by the Imperial Army. -
1905 Russian Revolution
Bloody Sunday started the Revolution
Wave of Political unrest in Russian spread across the country.
Lead to the beginning of consituitional Monarchy. -
Russia Enters WWI
Russia signed a Non-aggression Pact with Germany that divided poland.
They entered with the largest army. -
Rasputin Murdered
Rasputin was monk.
He had the ears of the Tzars.
People thought he was too close to the throne, so they had him murdered. -
March Revolution
Riots broke out over the war and food shortages. Government ordered soldiers to restore order, but they refused to fire on the citizens, and many joined the protesters.
News of the event spread across the country, demostrator protested. -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
After troubles in Russia, Tsar Nicholar II was forced to Abdicate the throne.
He was kept at Czarskoye.
They freed he would be freed by loyalist to the Tsar, the killed and buried him and his family. -
Murder of the Romanovs
The Romanvos were murder in Ekateringburg
They were murder after the abdiction of Nicholas.
They had been put under house arrest before they were murderd. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolsheviks called for a socialist reform.
Lenin, was the leader of party. He moved to gain more power than the soviets
In November, they captured government buildings and arrested members of the Provisional Government. -
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties that ended World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles ended the war between Germany and the Allied powers.
The treaty caused Germany to get ride of their army and to pay reparations -
Lenin Dies/USSR formed
Lenin dies at his home from a stroke.
Stalin rises to power instead of Trotsky
Decmber 30, 1922 the USSR is fromed -
Stalin Takes Power/Death of Trotsky
Stalin started with Lenin, but when Lenin died, Stalin took control.
Stalin ordered the assianation of Trotsky in Mexcio, where he lived after he was exiled from Russia.
Stalin went on to the Great Purges.