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The Decembrist Reolt
Russian army officers led 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I’s assumption of the throne after his older brother removed himself from the line of success. This event took place in Senate Square in Saint Petersburg. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Nicholas II ruled from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was the first major war of the 20th century. -
Russian Involvement in WWI
The first attack from Russia was in August 1914, against Germany in East Prussia. The Russian First Army aimed for the heart of Prussia, while the Second Army aimed to cut off the Eighth Army. -
The March Revolution
The March Revolution was a revolution that took place in Petrograd. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas II ruled from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. -
The Russian Civil War Begins
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire. -
The Creation of The USSR
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviated to USSR, was a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
ladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was on January 30, 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland. British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest against the czar. -
Nicholas II Becomes czar of Russia
