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The Great Northern war
The Great Northern War was fought between charles XII and also peter the great. at the end of war had lost power in the baltic sea and Peter The Great took over in russia. the war ended in in 1721. -
Decembrist revolt
a group of military officials take out a revolt against nicholas I Czar -
alexander 2 emancipation on serfs
serfdom was the thing that kept the serfs completley attache to their landlords.it appened around where slavery ended in the usa.serfdom was almost slavery but the landowner technically didnt own the the serf. -
the asassinationof Alexander 2
in this assassination alexander 2 dies from an explosive thrown by aanother russian citezen.it was a group who planned the assassination of alexander 2. the group was called "peoples will" -
revolution of 1905
it happened in 1905 when more than 150,000 people went into the streets in St.Petersburg, while it was snowing, and protested about their lifestyle. this was said to be the turning point of the good relationship with tsar nicholas 2. -
nicholas 2 abdicates the throne
in march 1917 nicholas 2 did not expect so much work being a czar. he wasnt prepared for it. he abdicated the throne because there was just too much to worry about. when he abdicated russia felt betrayed so some people in a basement were ordered to kill him. -
the russain involvment in world war 1
world war 1 was terrible on russia because they just couldnt keep up with war supplies. 1 out of 3 soldiers had guns in this war and were told to pick up weapons from dead allies. it was also hard on the citezens because there was a lack of certain food in russia as well. -
the russian japanese war
the russian japanese war took another toll on russia because it happened as there agriculture and industries were still developing.this war never became popular around russia. -
bloody sunday
the russian citezens were protesting and czar nicholas 2 in 1972 fired on a lot of protesters. 100 people died but many more people were injured during the event. -
the March Revolution
the march russian revolution is the event that basically created the soviet union.
