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Czar Nicholas Rule
He controlled Russia from his father and stoped reforms in Russia. He also stopped the autocracy policies his father had ran the country under. This meant he controlled the educational system notand didnt want ideas of revolution to spread through out Russia. Yet his policies held him to the changing times, and veered to the direction his nation was going. -
Russian Industrialization
Russians noticed that the industrial benefits it decreasing by restricting the citizens. Then Nicholas made his most sensable minister to start a program in an effort to move the country forward not backwards. The countries economical increase was throw the raise in taxes put through. This helped to a heavy boost in industry, and a big change in Russian economy. -
Development of Revolutionary Groups
Many Russian people became filled with fear. The rise of factories and industrialation brought problems, and the working class had almost no representation for the government banning the trade unions. As a result workers held strikes, and started to support local revolutionary groups. A group of workers started to feel the working class citizens should overthow the Czar. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers on January 22, 1905 went to the Czar's Winter Palace carrying a petition. On the petition the workers wanted better working conditions, more freedom, and an elected legislature. In response the Czar ordered soldiers to fire upon the crowd ultimately wounding more than 1,000 and killing hundreds of workers. This took away wide spread strike and violence throughout Russia. -
World War I
Czar Nicholas's II emtered World War l. Russia wasnt ready to handle the military and economic costs entering the battle against German forces that put them down. The war became all but lost for the Czar. -
The March Revolution
Women textile workers organized a strike. Russian workers wanted a nation of the restricting autocracy policies . Nearly 200,000 workers ran the streets of the city demanding change. Russian soldiers ordered to shoot the protesters, but later disobeyed the previous commands and sided with the workers. -
Czar Nicholas II Steps Down
Czar was forced to leave his throne. With no leader in control, the Duma set up a provisional government. Kerensky, head of the Duma, lost support of the Russian people though after he decided to continue Russian efforts in World War l. This angered soldiers and civilians which caused local soviets to come into existance. -
Lenin in Power
Lennin supporters in the Bolshevik group watched over him as he gained control of Russia, toppling the provisional government in place.He ran Russia in a socialist manner as he economically benefited the workers, and called for land sharing with the peasants. Eventually he would create a republic of soviets, USSR. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin and the Bolsheviks gained enough support to control the Petrograd soviet. As time progressed the socialist group was also able to gain control of other soviets in major cities. With Lenin's slogan, "Peace, Land, and Bread", as leader became realtively apparent. -
Stalin Becomes a Dictator
As Stalin became a general secretary of the Party he got close supporters into roles of power. When Lenin died in 1924 he warned the Party of the nature of Stalin. Stalin rose to complete power, and into the role of a dictator.
