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Decembrist Revolt
This was staged in Imperial Russia led by army officers that were in control of three thousand Russian soilders. This uprising took place in the Senate Square in St. Petersburg. The square was then renamed the Decembrist Square. Nicolas I executed or exiled the decembrist leaders. -
Czar Alexander II emanicpates the serfs
Alexander II emanicaptes the serfs. They were made legally free from their landlords. The picture is showing Czar Alexander letting the serfs free. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas was not trained or inclined to rule. In 1917 ther was a revolution called the Bolshevik Revolution. It was led by Lenin. He was trying to overthrough Czar Nicholas II. Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. He was kept prisoner with his family. On the night of July 16th, 1918 Nicholas II and his family were gunned down while posing for a family photo. -
Nicholas II becomes Czar
Nicholas II became Czar after his fathers death in 1894. Nicholas II was very l educated. He was not ready to become Czar. He was the final Czar of Russia. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was a revolutionary socialist political party formed in 1989 in Minsk. It was to unite the various revolutionary organisations of the Russian Empire. -
The Russo- Japanese War
On Febuary 8, 1904 Japan did a surpise attack on Port Arthur. The war lasted until September 5, 1905. In March, Troops from Russia were defeated at Shenyang, China, by Japanese Field Marshal Iwao Oyama; and in May, the Russian Baltic fleet under Admiral Zinovi Rozhdestvenski was destroyed by Togo near the Tsushima Islands. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was named that after a massacre on a Sunday. It was the bloodiest day in the war. It took place in St. Petersburg, Russia. They forced open fire that killed and wounded hundreds of people. -
Revolution 1905
Began when troops fired at an innocent crowd of workers in St. Petersburg. After that the troops marched in the winter palace to petition Czar Nicholas II. -
World War I
World War 1 lasted for four years. It ended on November 11, 1918. The Soviet Union won and they were allies with USA. -
March Revolution
Members of the parliment assumed control of the country. This formed the Russian Provisional Government. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Vladimir Lenin arrived to St. Petersburg from Finland on a train on April 3rd. He wanted to overthrow Czar Nicholas II and the Provisional government. Lenin was determined to lead the Bolsheviks to power by exploiting the war-weariness that affected Russian citizens and soilders. He eceeded with his plan and overthrew Nicholas II. Lenin died in January 1924 from strokes. They renamed St. Petersburg, Leningrad. -
Kerensky leader of Provisonal govenment
Kerensky belonged to the socialist Revolutionaries and member of Duma before became the leader of the Provisional Government. Then he became a prime minister. -
Nicholas II and family got executed
In March 1917 Czar Nicholas II and his family were taken to Czarskoye Selo Palace. On July 16, 1918 Nicholas took his family to the basement to take a family picture. He ended up getting gunned down with his family. -
Russian Civil War Begins
The Russian Civil was started in 1918 and last for four more years. The war was between the Bolseheviks, which was led by Lenin, and the Menschiks. The Menschiks had support for USA and Britain. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
On January 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin passed away. He made to promises to the people of Russia. The first promise was to give land to the serfs and to get Russia out of war. Lenin died to a series of strokes.
