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Russia Industrialization
The Russian Revolution launched a program that sought foreign investors and raised taxes. This boosted the growth of industry and made Russia the fourth ranking producer of steel. After this, they worked on the world’s longest continuous rail line to connect different areas for transportation. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan were competing for control of Korea and Manchuria. They agreed on some territories of the land.Russia ended up breaking them. Japan then attacked Russia. They lost and struggled with the loses. -
Bloody Sunday
Russian workers attempted to petition Czar Nicholas II for better working conditions, freedoms, and a representative government. The Czar's troops then shot at the petitioners and killed hundreds. -
World War I
The Russian army got dragged into WWI. They were not prepared. They were not ready to handle the military and economic costs, also there poorly supplied troops and weak generals were no match for the German army. WWI revealed Russia’s weakness of czarist rule. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Bolshevik Revolution
During this time, Lenin wanted a Soviet government that would be ruled directly by councils of soldiers, peasants, and workers. The Bolshevik and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Petrograd, and soon foreign med a new government with Lenin as its leader. People in the cities were rallying to the call “All power to the soviets” and “Peace, Land, and Bread”, -
March Revolution
Women textile workers led a big citywide strike. few days later another riot happened over shortages of bread and fuel. Soldiers started firing after them but then later sided with them. This revolution brought the Czar down but failed to build a strong government. -
Government Topples
Government Topples
In this time, without warning, armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd, they took power over government offices and arrested the leaders of the provisional government. Within days after the takeover. Lenin ordered that all farmland be distributed among the peasants and gave control of factories to the workers. This ended in the Bolshevik government stopping all war and fighting with Germany and began peace talks by signing a truce with each other. -
Treaty of Belshevik-Litovsk
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germany now decided to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, this meant Russia surrendered a big part of its territory to Germany and its allies. The terms of this treaty triggered anger among a ton of Russians. The people objected to the Bolsheviks and their policies and to the murder of the royal family. -
Russia Civil War
October 1918: Russia Civil War
At home, the Bolsheviks faced the White Army which was many people made up of very different groups and beliefs. Russia’s civil war proved far more deadly than earlier revolutions, 14 million Russians died from fighting, hunger, and a worldwide flu. In the end, the victories showed that Bolsheviks could be able to both seize power and have it. -
New Economic Policy
At this time, Lenin put his plan aside for a little bit and resorted to the New Economic Policy (NEP). The NEP allowed peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of giving them to the government, the government encouraged foreign investment and kept control of major industries, but let small businesses continue to operate under private ownership. The new policies and peace that followed the civil war really helped the country recover and get back to where they were before.