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The Decembrist Revolt
The Russiasn army lead 3,000 soliders in a protest against Nicholas I to leave his throne. This all happened the December hence the name. this was a uprising to Nicholas. It all happened to St. Petersbrurg Square. The Decembrist were repressed by the new czar. The Decembrists were the elite of the military officers -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Became throne following his father death. He felt he wasn't ready for being th czar. He was czar during bloody sunday. He was murdered by nobles. Lead them to Russian Revolution in 1905. He lack the skills of being czar. Which lead them into a hard world war 1. -
The Russo-Japanese War
It was the great war of the 20th century. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific ocean. Japan was impractical to this idea. Which lead to many disputes. -
Bloody Sunday
Where unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to czar Nicholas II Sunday, 22 January
1905 in St Petersburg, Russia. They went there becasue of poor condition and economic proplems. Waves of strikes, political demands, and violence. -
World War I Russian Involvement
They entered the war with the largest army. Didn't have the industries to supply the war. Russian lost territory and people. Bolsheviks tookover power for Russia. -
The March Revolution
The March revolution forced the czar to abdicate. It established the freedom of press. It also granted a blanket to prisoners the Siberia. There were food shortages and worsening ecomony and hard times from world war I. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
The army at Petrogard in demanding striking socialist reforms. Nicholas and his family were first held in a palace. Than a secert meeting was held about his death sentence. They were later gunned down of July 16. -
The Russian Civil War begins
Was a multi party war right after the Russian revolution of 1917. The red army was fighting for the Bolsheviks for socialism and aliied forces known as the white army. The red army went on to win the war. -
The creation of the U.S.S.R.
They created a new centralized fedral government. They created the secert police. Josef stalin, a leading Bolshevik was the leader and annouced the new union. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
He help create and was the first leader on the soviet union. He was the driving force during the revolution of 1917. Lenin was succeedend by Stalin after his death.
