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The Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throneafter his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Political enemies nicknamed him Nicholas the Bloody because of the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday. Under his rule, Russia was humiliatingly defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, which saw the almost total annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Russia wanted a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean for their navy and maritime trade. At first, to await the outcomes of certain naval battles, and later to preserve the dignity of Russia by averting a "humiliating peace". The war concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia got involved in the war when Archduke Frank Ferdinand was assinated. Russia's involvement centered around the attack on Germany in what was East Prussia. Russian first army marched into the heart of Germany territory while while the country’s second army moved to head off Germany’s eighth army’s retreat. This was a successful joint mission which led to plans to March on Berlin -
The March Revolution
The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government.The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution and Nicholas II abdicated. The Soviets, which were led by more radical socialist factions, initially permitted the Provisional Government to rule. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Durring the February Revoultion, the Petrograd insurgents force Czar Nichola II to abdicate the throne -
The Russian Civil War begins
This was a multi-party war in the formaer Russian Emprie right after the Russian Revoultions of 1917. The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favoring monarchism, capitalism. -
The creation of the U.S.S.R.
The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It legalized a union of several Soviet Republics and created a new centralized federal government. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
The first leader of the Soviet Union died of a brain hemroid at the age of 54. -
Bloody Sunday
Sometimes called the Bogside Massacre. British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilans during a protest march against internment. Fourteen people died: Thirteen were killed outright. Many victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded. Two protesters were also injured while being run down by army vehicles.
