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Decembrist Revolt
A small group of revolts of army officers tried to overthrow the czar's government in December 1825. Didn't work out that good for them, executed to Siberia. -
Nicholas II Becomes Czar of Russia
Inherited the throne when his father died. Believed in autocracy, but was eventually forced to create an elected legislature. Exucuted on July 17, 1918. -
Russo-Japanese War
Conflict with Japan over Korea and Monchuria, whcih leads to Russia losing. -
Bloody Sunday
Russo-Japanese War, a protest that ended in a massacre, which was led by Gorgy Gatten. -
World War I (Russian Revolution)
World War I impacted Russia very greatly. Russia responded patriotically rallying around Nicholas 1. -
Czar Nicholas II Adbdicates The Russian Throne
During the Febuarary Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, is forced to abdicate or renounce one's throne, by the Petrogrand insurents, and a principle of government is replaced. -
The March Revolution
Saw many changes in Russia. Rasputin and Lenin were dead, which made people very angry. My March 17, disconent came to head in Petrograd. -
Russian Civil War
Tore apart Russia. Many groups formed to oppose Lenin's Bolshevik's known as the reds. Oncre the red army captured the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the white amry was forced to surrender. -
The Creation of the U.S.S.R.
The Union of Socialists Republics is established on 1922. The Soviet Unuion, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first in the world to be based on Marxist socialism. -
Vladimir Lenin's Death
Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. After lenin's death, Josheph Stalin succeeded as the leader of the Soviet Union.
