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The Great Northern War
A conflict in which Russia, Denmark, Poland, and saxony opposed Sweden. The war resulted in Sweden losing their imperial possitions in central Europe, and Russia under Peter the great becoming a major power in the Baltic. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Russian officers led about 3,000 soilders to protest against Czar, Nicholas I. -
Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Alexander II emancipated the serfs due to the changing attitudes towards liberalism in Russia during his reign. -
Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown. -
Nicholas II indicates the Russian Throne
Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change. -
Russo-Japenese War
In 1904, conflict with Japan over Korea and Manchuria led to the Russo-Japanese war. The war resulted in a stunning defeat for Russia and increased econimic hardships at home. -
Revolution in 1905
The 1905 Revolution was an uprising of the people of Russia calling for a change in their government. It was started by anxious troops opening fire on peaceful marchers in St. Petersburg on January 9, 1905, a date which has since been called "Bloody Sunday." -
Bloody Sunday
A priest named Father Gapon led a peaceful protest to the Winter Palace of the Czar with a petition for him to sign. The Czar was away at the front and ordered his soldiers to deal with it. They shot and killed around 1,000 people and injured more. -
Russia involed in WWI
Russia entered the war after Austria declared war against Serbia, because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples. -
March Revolution
On March 8, 1917, Russia’s February Revolution began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. The unrest was triggered primarily by food shortages in the city, which were caused by the wider problems of a worsening economy and repeated failures on the battlefields of World War I.
