Russian Timeline

The Decembrist Revolt

Dec 26, 1825

Alexander II emancipates the Surfs

Oct 30, 1861

Czar Alexander II emancipates the surfs. (frees)

Nicholas II becomes Czar of the Soviet Union

Period: Nov 1, 1894 to Mar 15, 1917

Russo and Japan War

Period: Feb 8, 1904 to Sep 5, 1905

The Soviet Union goes to War with Japan for land.

The Revolution of 1905

Oct 30, 1905

The Social Democratic party splits

Mar 30, 1912

Splits into the Mensheviks and Bolshevikes

Czar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian Throne

Mar 15, 1917

March Revolution

Mar 30, 1917

Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace

Apr 3, 1917

Russia gets involved in WWII

Aug 30, 1917

Alexander Kerensky Becomes leader of Proisional Government

Oct 30, 1917

The Russian Civil War begins

Period: Nov 30, 1917 to Oct 19, 1922

Nicholas II and his family are executed

Jul 17, 1918

Josef Stalin Comes to power

Period: Oct 30, 1943 to Oct 30, 1953

After Vladimir Lenin dies of a heart attack Stalin becomes the leader of the Soviet Union

Bloody Sunday

Jan 30, 1972

Suppose to be a peaceful protest led by George Gapon but Czar Nicholas II had his army fire at the protesters which many of them fell staining the red.