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The Decembrist Revolt
The russian army officers lead 3 thousand soldiers in dissaproval against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constatine removed herself from the line of succesion. because the days of these events happend in December they were known as the Decembrist. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
The tsar was responsible for numerous other reforms including reorganizing the judicial system, electing local judges, abolishing capital punishment. The manifesto prescribed that peasants would be able to buy the land from the landlords. Household serfs were the worst affected when they gained only there freedom and no land. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Under his rule Russia was defeated in the Japanese War. -
The Russo-Japanese War
This war was the first great war in the 20th century. This war was between the Russain Empire and the Empire of Japan. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. during the uprising the things that happend was in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. -
World War I
World War I, also known as the first World War in the world.More than 9 million soldiers died and 7 million cavilians died. it is one of the most deadliest conflicts in history between Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United states all as allies. They fought against Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria -
The March revolution
The march revolution, also known as the Russain Revolution were major changes that happend inside of Russia. Workers in the city's largest factories demanded 50% wage increases so they could buy food. 30,000 workers were locked out of work because they were not payed and couldnt afford any food. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Czar Nicholas II is forced to stand down from his throne by the Petrograd insurgents. The provicinal government has taken his place -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The bolshevicks where under dictatorship by Lenin in the civil war. The Bolshevicks and the menshivicks were in war with each other. The bolshevicks where known as the "reds" and the menshivicks are known as the "white". -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
Alexander was a lawyer and a major political leader before the Russian Revolution. Kerensky served as a Minister of justice in the democrate. In May he became the Minister in war. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
Bolshevik red gaurds foreces under military revolutoinary committee began the takeover of government buildings. The following day they took over the Winter Palace. -
The Russian Civil War begins
The russain army fought the bolsheviks and the mensheviks. The bolsheviks defeated the mensheviks and russia. The remains of the mensheviks that were left a live, were beaten in the Crmea and where evacuated in the autumn in 1920. -
Nicholas II and his family are executed
Nicholas and his family though that they were going to get a family photo. They were brought into a room and they got gunned down by troops. The troops took there bodies and buried them in acid. They did it so they could hide the identities of there bodies and tey drove over the whole that they refilled so they could make it look like there was never a hole there. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalinbecame leader of the soviet union after the founder of the soviet union died. He was known as the brutal leader who was responsible for the deaths of 20 million people. -
bloody sunday
Sometimes called the Bogside Massacre. Many people got killed by British army soldiers. 26 civil right protestors died. Some people were injured from getting shot in the leg or the arm. One of the most bloodiest days.
