The creation of the Soviet Union

  • Completion of Trans-Siberian Railway

    Completion of Trans-Siberian Railway
    Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.
  • Tsar Nicholas II's Reign

    Tsar Nicholas II's Reign
    Tsar Nicholas II was an emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917. No military experience, not a good military leader.
  • Russo-Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War
    Russian thought they were smarter than the Japanese, but Japanese defeated them badly.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Peasants want foods and lands, but Nicholas II didn't gave them, he killed the people instead of solving the problem. Out of 200000 people, 500-1000 were killed.
  • Creation of Duma

    Creation of Duma
    The creation of the Duma was supported from Russia’s loss in the Russo-Japanese War
  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I as know as the Great War, which machine guns, tanks and some other weapons were first used. Different countries was drawn into this war because of alliances.
  • February (March) Revolution

    February (March) Revolution
    February (March) Revolution was the first revolution in Russia in 1917. The government is paralyzed, Nicholas was force to abdicate.
  • Provisional government

    Provisional government
    When tsar's government collapsed, the members of the Duma set up the Provisional Government.
  • Lenin's Return to Russia

    Lenin's Return to Russia
    Lenin was sent back to Russia by German since German wanted to get Russia out of WWI.
  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War
    Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army.
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    These were the Red guard unit of the Vulkan factory. Russia transform from empire to communist.
  • Lenin's time as leader

    Lenin's time as leader
    After the revolution in 1917, Russians revered him as the "Father of the Revolution."
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Power (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey).
  • Implementation of the NEP

    Implementation of the NEP
    Lenin's New Economic Policy was a retreat from socialism to capitalism in order to rebuild Russia's economy.
  • Stalin's time as leader

    Stalin's time as leader
    He encouraged people to think of him as "The Greatest Genius of All Times and Peoples."
  • Implementation of the first Five-year plan

    Implementation of the first Five-year plan
    The First Five-year Plamn was a list of economic goals created by Stalin.