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The DeWorld War I (Russian Involvement)cembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
By this edict more than 23 million people received their liberty. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russa
Nicholas II ruled from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
A political party in Russia which two divided epon eachother. -
The Russon-Japanese War
"The first great war of the 20th century." -
The Revolution of 1905
Riots and strikes swept the cities. In the country side, peasents looted and burn the homes of landowners. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
After the February Revolution Kerensky served as Minister of Justice in the democratic Russian Provisional Government. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
The March Revolution
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The Russian Civil War begins
Fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
"Red Revolution" -
Nicholas II and his family are executed
During the early morning hours of July 17 the Tsar, his wife, children and servants were herded into the cellar of their prison house and executed. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. -
Bloody Sunday
Conflct with Japan over Korea and Manchuria led to the Russo-Japanese war.
