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Assassination of Alexander II
In 1881, revolutionaries angry over the slow pace of political change assassinated the reform-minded czar, Alexander II. Russia was heading toward a full-scale revolution. Alexander III the son of Alexander II comes into power. -
The Building of the Trans- Siberian Railway
This railway connected European Russia in the west with Russian ports on the Pacific Ocean in the east. -
Number of factories in Russia more than doubled
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Russian Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics
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Russian Marxists Split into Two Groups
The Russian Marxists split into two different groups over revolutionary tactics. The more moderate Mensheviks wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution. The more radical Bolsheviks supported a small number of commited revolutionarieswilling to sacrifice everything for change. -
Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in St Petersburg
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Nicholas reluctantly approved the creation of the Duma, Russia's first parliment
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Russia faced a series of crises showing the czar's weakness, paving the way for the revolution
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Russia enter World War 1
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Nicholas the 2nd moved his headquarters to the war front, hoping to rally his discouraged troops to victory
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group of nobles murdered Rasputin
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Russia and Germany singed a treaty of Brest-Litosvk, Russia surrendured a ;arge part of its territory to Germany and it's allies
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the country is named the Union of the Soviet Socialist Rebublics
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Stalin becomes the dictator of the Soviet Union
