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Vosstanie dekabristov took place in imperial Russia. Russain officers took over 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas l.
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The Emancipation Reform of 1861 in Russia was the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the reign of Alexander II of Russia.
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After the February Revolution he served as Minister of Justice in the democratic Russian Provisional Government. In May he became Minister of War. In July he became the second Prime Minister until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.
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Nicholas II ruled from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917.
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Lenin(Leader of the Bolsheviks) thought it would be a better idea for having a small organized professional revolutionaries. Lenin formed the name Bolsheviks in Brussels, Belgium. Both sides disagreed on many things involving the Social Democractic Labor Party.
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In 1904, the Japanese attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur before the declaration of war was received in Moscow, the Russian navy and earning an early victory.
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St Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed demonstrators led by Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II of Russia.
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As the huge crowd marched through St Petersburg to the Winter Palace, they were confronted by troops who were scared to face such a large crowd.After the soldiers started to fire hundreds of protestors lay dead. The tragedy was quickly called "Bloody Sunday".
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Russia had the biggest army, with 1,400,000 soldiers. Germany declared war on Russia.
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Major changes were happeneing in Russia. March 8th : 30,000 workers were locked out of work. They were not paid and could not afford any food now. The strikers persuaded other workers to come out on strike.
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During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents.
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Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution."
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War fought between the White Army and the Red Army
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Were shot in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918.
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He died on Janurary 21, 1924. After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin eventually beat his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. By the late 1920s, he had become dictator of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union Under Joseph Stalin.
