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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was fought between Swedan and the coalition of Russia, Saxony, Denmark-Norway and Poland. In 1715, Prussia and Hannover joined the war. At the end of the war, Sweden lost its spremacy as the leading power in the Baltic Region and was replaced by Peter the Great's Russia. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolut was when Russian army officers lead 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I. They had the assumtion that the throne after Nicholas I's older brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
The Emancipation Reform of 1861 in Russia was the first liberal reform effected during the reign of Alexander II of Russia. The Emancipation Manifesto also was made in 1861. Serfs were granted full rights of free citizens. They gained the rights of picking who they can marry, owning property, and owning a business. Only household serfs gained just freedom and no land, though. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was killed by a bomg in the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia by a member of the "People's Will" group. This group didn't like the autocracy and assassinated Alexander II and killed officials. Alexander II tried to modernize Russia by creating the abolishment of serfdom. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a war fought between the Russian Empire and the Russian Empire. Both empires wanted to gain land and economic benefits. The Japanese Empire won the war. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday is a day where 3,000 soldiers marched to the Winter Palance to Tsar Nicholas II to show their complaints. Then, the soldiers fired their guns in the air and it killed 100 people and wounded 300. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. This revolution led to the establishment of limited constitutional monarchy, the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
World War I was a war between countries all over the world that was centered in Europe. Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg weakened the Russian Army greatly. Nicholas II had a romantic vision in him leading his army, which made Alexandra in control back in the cities. She thought Rasputin was a man of God because he helped her son who was sick. Rasputin was well known and was considered to be debauched. Stalin came to power after the war and later killed many people. -
The March Revolution
The March Revolution is part of the Russian Revolution, which was a series of revolutions in the Russian Ermpire during 1917. The events destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and helped create the Soviet Union. The March Revolution forced the Czar to abdicate, and establish freedom of the press. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Russian Throne
Czar NIcholas II was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government was installed in his place. There were striking workers in demanding socialist reforms. In 1918, people feared that Nicholas II would be rescued so him, his wife, his children, and several of their servants were shot and killed on the night of July 16.
