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The Great Northern War
a conflict in which a counsel led by the Tsar of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, -
The Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's acusition of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of taking the throne.Because these events occurred in December, the rebels were called the Decembrists. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
6 years after his accession, the emancipation law was signed and published. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
While in a carrage he was killed by a briefcase bomb. -
The Russo-Japanese War
It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Bloody Sunday
A peaceful protest were hundreds of people were shot down. -
The Revolution of 1905
Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It resulted in the establishment of the Duma. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in July 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. -
The March Revolution
A sires of revolutions that lead to the abolitions of the last Tsar. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas II abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917 during which he and his family were imprisoned first in the Alexander Palace.
