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The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt took place in Imperial Russia and some 3000 members of military started an uprising against the newly-appointed Tsar Nicholas I, opposed to his conservative views. The results of this revolt would soon grow into something much larger and would lead to the beginning of revolutionary sentiment among the people. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Tsar Alexander II shared info with his father, Nicholas I, that American slavery was inhumane(showed know compassion to. Alexander II was could not save Russia from military failure, but the humiliation convinced him that, if his nation was to have peace and be honored, military and domestic reforms were very necessary. The first step down that path would be to ger rid of serfdom, which did not benefit neither the lord, peasant, or the nation. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas II inherited the throne when his father, Alexander III, died in 1894. Although he believed in autocracy, he was eventually forced to create an elected legislature. Nicholas II’s handling of Bloody Sunday and World War I angered his subjects and led to his abdication. Bolsheviks executed him on July 17, 1918, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks claimed the name after getting their way in argument over the board of the Party newspaper Iskra (‘the Spark’. The Mensheviks accepted the appellation, though they were actually more often in the majority. Both groups were for the destruction of capitalism and the overthrow of the Tsarist regime, but the Mensheviks, led by a man named Martov, favoured a large, loosely organised democratic party whose members could agree to differ on many points. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The basic conflict of this war was that Japan won a series of events throughout the time period of the war, and Russia underestimated their army. Russia rejected a Japanese plan to divide Manchuria and Korea into spheres of influence, Japan then launched a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China. The Russian fleet was decimated(destroyed) -
Bloody Sunday
Czar Nicholas II ruled over Russia. He was the best of leaders and people of Russia were not happy with him, and in 1905 a group of people led by a man named Fr. Gapon Marched on, to the Winter Palace. So many people died that day, that this day became known as Bloody Sunday. -
Russian Revolution of 1905
Russian Revolution of 1905, was an uprising that was,convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy.For several years before 1905 and especially after the humiliating Russo-Japanese War, Social groups showed their discontent with the Russian social and political system. This led to events, such as Bloody Sunday. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
The assassination of Archduke Frank Ferdinand was in Sarajevo which led to a chain of events that caused the war to take off in July of 1914. Russia’s involvement in these early exchanges inhanced ontheir attack on Germany in what was known a East Prussia. The Russian first army marched straight into the middle German territory while there second army moved to fight against Germany’s eighth army retreat. This was, a successful mission that led to a series plans to March into Berlin. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
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The March Revolution
In 1917, the group know as the Bolsheviks led a revolution. They were led by Lenin and another man named Tratsky. They had a pwerful army that was named after the color red. During the Revolution, Lenin made 2 promises. The first promise was to give mroe land to the peasants, and the second promise was to get Russia out of WW1 -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
As shortages increased, discontent with the czar's government grew. In March 1917 riots erupted in petrograded(March Revolution), the Russian capital. Angry people protested the war and the shortage of food. News of the pertograd quickly spread by telegraphs. Throughout Russia, Demonstrators overthrew czarist officials. Only a week after the Petrograd riots began Czar Nicholas II was forced to give up the throne. -
Nicholas II and his family are executed
Late on the night of July 16, Nicholas, Alexandra, their five children and four servants were ordered to dress quickly and go down to the cellar of the house in which they were being held. There, the family and servants were arranged in two rows for a photograph they were told was being taken to quell rumors that they had escaped. Suddenly, a dozen armed men burst into the room and gunned down the imperial family in a hail of gunfire. Those who were still breathing when the smoked cleared were s -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
Alexander Kerensky became the leader of the provisional government, when Nicholas II abdicated his throne and only a few weeks later, was he killed. Making him the last Czar and Alexander Kerensky the first leader of the provisional government(which was a temporary government until a new leader came along). -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Vladimir was recently exiled from Switzerland by the Czarist government but returned to Russia by the Germans in hope to overthrow the Czar two months earlier into a revolution that would topple the Provisional Government and take Russia out of the war. Lenin was determined to lead his Bolsheviks to power by exploiting the war-weariness that affected Russian citizens and soldiers alike. He attempted to get them out of war.Lenin ordered an assault on the Winter Palace on the night of October 25 -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
The defenders of the Palace – Cossacks, a women’s battalion and military cadets or yunkers gave up without even fighting. The Balsheviks won the battle. -
The Russian Civil War begins
The Bolsheviks and Lenin fought in a Civil War for 6 years. The Red Army fought the white army. Eventually the Red army on and Lenin became the leader of Russiam and the political system called communism was put in order throughout the nation. After several years of war, over 7 million Russians were dead. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
In 1922, Russia developed a new name. It was known as the USSR(union soviet socialist republic). Lenin was still in charge, and he started to worry about how powerful one man was getting. His name was Joseph Stalin. In 1924 Lenin Died, and the city called St. Petersburg was renamed again and changed to Leninsburg.
