The Russian Revolution

  • The Decembrist Revolt

    About 3,000 people staged an uprising about the new Czar Nicholas I. They did not like his views on some situations. This would grow to be something much bigger.
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    This war first started because of a rivalry between Russia and Japan. Japan then ambushed Russia's soliders. Later Japan took over that port from Russia.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday started when a wave of strikes. People then started to hold pictures of Czar Nicholas II. A police man tried to stop the march but he could not stop them so he told his men to shot them. More than 100 people died and a lot were wounded.
  • World War I (Russian Involvement)

    Germany declared war on Russia. Russians were not equipped, so they got pushed back. A lot of people died during the war. During the war Csar Nicholas II abdicated the throne. The Russo-Japanese War stared this.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne

    Csar Nicholas II ws forced to abdicate the throne. After that Czar Nicholas II and his family got killed in a basement.
  • The March Revolution

    The people did not believe in him. They were hungry and did not have good living conditions.
  • Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia

    Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia. He did not plan on being czar, so when he was czar hejust went for it, and did the best he could. He was not a really good leader and people did not like him very mush because of that.
  • The Russian Civil War begins

    The war lasted from 1928-1921. After Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne most parts of Russian empire wanted to declare independence.
  • The creation of the U.S.S.R.

    Before the revolution they created the USSR. In the USSR they had communisst for the government.
  • Vladimir Lenin’s Death

    Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union. He died of natural causes.