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The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist uprising of December 26, 1825, was arising against the Russian Czar led mostly by former military oficers nd members of the nobility; the revolt, which toook place in St. Petersburg, failed, but i served as an inspiration to further dissidents -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
The Emancipation Reform of 1861, was the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the region of Alexander II of Russia. More than 23 million people received their liberty. Serfs were granted the full rights of free citizens, gaining the rights to marry without having to consent, to own property and to own a business. -
The Assasination of Alexander II
There were 3 attempts on the Czars life. He was on his way to a role call like every Sunday and taking the same route when the first bomb exploded from under the horse. The Czar was unhurt, but wasn’t so lucky the third time. Alexander survived the bomb for only a little while and then dyed with his family around him. -
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The Russo-Japanses War
The Russo-Japanese War (Feb. 8, 1904-Set. 5 1905) was the first great war of the 20th century. It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of Russian Empire and Empire Japan over Manchuria and Korea. Russia sought a warm-water part on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was the name that came to be given to the events of January 22, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia is where unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Nicholas II were gunned down by soldiers of the Imperial Guard when approaching the Winter Palace from different gathering points. The shooting did not occur in the palace square. This event is one of the key events that triggered the Russian Revolution of 1917 -
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. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It 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 1 was to have a devastating impact on Russia and the royal family. When WW1 started in 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying behind Nicholas II. Then later in the war when much trouble some time has passed a man named Lenin over threw the government and took over major cities and introduced communist rule. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian Throne
The disastrous outcome of the Russo-Japanese War led to the Russian Revolution of 1905, which the czar diffused only after signing a manifesto promising representative government and basic civil liberties in Russia. However, Nicholas soon retracted most of these concessions, and the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups won wide support. In 1914, Nicholas led his country into another costly war, and discontent in Russia grew as food became scarce, soldiers became war-weary, and devastating
