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December 1825 in St. Petersburg, Russia, group of military officials staged a revolt against Czar Nicholas I. They felt threatened by the new ruler’s conservative views.
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Alexander II didn’t like how humans were being treated so he ended serfdom.
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He took the throne after his father died. Nicholas II got abdicated and died.
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The Democratic Labor Party completely disagreed on how the Russian Social Democratic Labor party was to be formed. Bolsheviks were Marxist revolutionaries in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin. Julius Martov led the Mensheviks.
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The Russo-Japanese War developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and Manchuria.
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Thousands of armed troops were stationed at key points, soldiers fired warning shots into the air some panicked and fired straight into the pack of crowds, people were protesting cause they didn’t like the living and working conditions many people died.
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Protesters thought that living and working conditions were bad and had low pay. Soldiers started firing.
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In 1914 led his country another costly war, and discontent in Russia grew as food became scarce, soldiers became war-weary, and devastating defeats on the eastern front demonstrated the czar’s ineffectual leadership.
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Lenin was determined to lead his Bolshviks to power. He attempted to rally crowds and give speeches. On October 25, he ordered an assault attack.
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Russia was doing poorly in the war, the Provisional Government refused to pull Russia out of the war, and began announcing new offensives. Soldiers didn’t like the idea, so they began withdrawing from the army and protesting against the war.
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Russia protested during WW1 about the shortage of fuel and bread.
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Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional governement.
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His whole family and him were executed.
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It began when a few groups in Russia decided to try out communism. Things didn’t go well and war broke out.
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Vladimir Lenin dies, and Joseph Stalin becomes the leader.
