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Decembrist Revolt part 1
The Decembrist Revolt was the event that basically started the whole Russian Revolution. It was when a group of nobles created a group that was a protest of Nicholas I. Because of lack of support and poor organization it failed. It doesn’t seem like that big of a deal but it really was. It was significant because even though it was just a small group it showed that people’s loyalty to the czar was ending. It said that people aren’t going to stand for the czar anymore and it gave inspiration -
Decembrist Revolt part 2
to future people that didn’t like the czar to stand up against him. Like I said this was basically the starting point to eventually overthrowing the czar. -
Nicholas II becomes the czar of Russia
On May 26, 1894 Nicholas II began his reign of the last czar. His dad was czar but then tragically died of kidney failure and his reign began. He was a young 26 years old at the time and did not want to become czar. He didn’t like having all the power and wanted to spend that time of his life with his wife and four kids. His first three kids were girls and the fourth was a boy. -
The Russo-Japanese War part 2
Along those lines it also showed the poor organization and leadership of Russia. People started to realize that Russia is no longer going to become even stronger but lose power soon in the future -
The Russo-Japanese War
This war happened in 1904 and was between Russia and Japan. They were fighting for control over Manchuria and Korea. The Russia had a larger amount of troops and were a little cocky because Nicholas II thought he could just go in there and win a war. Despite the larger troops Japan easily won the war. This was also another major step in the Russian Revolution. It was significant because it showed that Russia is slowly losing power. -
Bloody Sunday part 2
This would end up being known as Bloody Sunday. After this day Nicholas II would be known as Bloody Nicholas and more people started turning on the czar. This would eventually lead to the March Revolution. -
Blody Sunday
After the Russo-Japanese War, people were furious with Russia’s leader Nicholas II. A a large group of Russian workers was organized that demanded economic equality. The protesters that was lead by Fr. Georgy Gapon marched to the Winter Palace to demand them to the czar who was not even there. Even though the czar was not there the chief of security was there and ordered all the guards to fire on the protestors. This would end up killing over 100 people and injuring several hundred others. -
WWI
Russia entered WWI as the largest army in the world at 1,400,000 soldiers. Nicholas II himself wanted to be the leader of this army but was talked out of it. He later named his Uncle, the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Commander in Chief. The first offense Russia launched was in August of 1914 against Germany in east Prussia. The First army went straight into East Prussia while the Second Army focussed on cutting off the Germans line of retreat and it worked perfectly. The Russians took control -
The March Revolution
The March Revolution was basically when most of Russia went out against Nicholas II even after Bloody Sunday. They were also mad about all the deaths that were occurring during WWI. During the Russo-Japanese War it was clear that Russia was not an organized country in any way so the protestors wanted to change that so they organized themselves into workers councils that they called Soviets for better coordination during protests. -
The March Revolution part 2
As a result of the protests, Nicholas II made some reforms to give the citizens some more rights. He gave them two main reforms, Duma and Fundamental Laws. The Duma was an elected body that approved of any law or decree that was given by the czar. The Fundamental Laws were laws that gave some limited civil liberties to Russians. These were good reforms but a lot of the protesters were still not satisfied with the result of the protest. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
In 1917 Nicholas II made history by being forced to abdicate his Russian throne. The army of St. Petersburg and more workers were demanding more reforms and Nicholas II could not do that and if he didn’t abdicate he would probably die. The family was then taken by train to Syberia. On the night of July 17, 1918 the family was sat down to take a family picture but it turns out it they got a death sentence and the family was killed that night in a horrible way. -
The Russian Civil War part 1
The Russian Civil War was between Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks believed in a tightly organized, small body government. They wanted people that will stick to this government until the day they die. This party was known as the Reds. On the other hand, the Mensheviks believed in a more laid back type of government that would give people more freedom. This party was known as the whites. The main conflict of this war was a disagreement on the Brest-Litovsk treaty. -
The Russian Civil War part 2
By 1919 it was a full on war. This war lasted about 3 years. As a result, more than six million people died which took its toll on the country. In the end, the Bolsheviks lead by Lenin won the war. Lenin then decided to expand Russia into Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. -
The creation of the USSR
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) is the name that Vladimir Lenin named the land of Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. It was also known as the Soviet Union. It was the first country to be based on Marxist socialism. All levels of government were controlled by the Communist party. After time it became one of the most powerful and influential states in the world. This Soviet Union lasted until the end of 1991 which is pretty good for starting a government from scratc -
Vladimir Lenin's Death part 1
On January 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage after he had three severe strokes. He died just two years after he was the first leader of the Soviet Union. He was very stressed by the workload of his job and often got severe headaches. Another thing that contributed was when someone attempted to assassinate him by shooting at him three times and hitting him twice. He got shot once in the jaw and once in the neck. This took is toll and contributed to the early death of age 54. -
Vladimir Lenin's Death Part 2
He suffered his first stroke in May 1922. A second stroke followed in December 1922. After the second stroke he had to learn how to write with his left hand because the right could no longer be in use. A third stroke in March 1923 left him unable to speak. He was suffering so much pain that he asked Stalin to poison him and put him out of his misery and that is what happened.
