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Czar Nicholas Rule
Nicolas II continued Russian autcracy, which ended up being a big problem for the Russian government. Nicolas II tried to get rid of revolutionaries and he used harsh measures. -
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The Russian Revolution
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Russia Industrailizes
Nicolas II found foreign investors to help his country industrialize. He also raised taxes to gain money. By 1891, Russia was the fourth largest producer of steel in the world. Russia started building railroads that connected with the rest of Europe. Industrialization also brought negatives to Russia, such as the outlawing of trade unions and child labor, also bad working conditions and very low wages. -
Development of Revolutionary Groups
Revolutionary groups began to form in Russia and they began to compete for power with the government. Marxist revolutionaries thought that the working class would be able to overthrow the czar. -
Bloody Sunday
More than 1,000 unarmed workers petitioning for better labor conditions were killed and wounded on a Sunday afternoon. -
World War I
Nicolas II decided to bring Russia into World War I, believing that he could handle the economic and military damages. Before a year had gone by, more than 4 million Russian soldiers had been taken prisoner, wounded, or killed. The Russian government was not able to handle the economic costs. -
The March Revolution
For five days, women textile workers led a citywide strike that involved nearly 200,000 workers. Soldiers were ordered to kill the crowd, but many of the soldiers agreed with the workers in their strike against autocracy. -
The Czar Steps Down
The protests going on forced Nicolas II to step down and addicate his throne. Revolutionaries eventually executed Nicolas II and his family. The March Revolution succeeded in bringing down the czar, but it failed at setting up a new and better government. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
Germans helped communist and revolutionary Vladimir Lennon back into Russia after he had been exiled by the Czar. The Bolsheviks captured telegraph and telephone offices, railway stations, newspaper offices and government institutions. -
Lenin in Power
War and revolution destroyed the Russian economy. Lenin issued a small-scale version of capitalism for a new economy called the New Economy Policy. The government kept control of major industries, but let smaller ones run by themselves, such as certain farms. -
Stalin Comes to Power
Lenin suffered from a stroke which set competition for the Communist party in motion. When Stalin came to power, Lenin knew that he was a dangerous man. In RUssian, "Stalin" means 'man of steel'.
