Events Leading Up to the Russian Revolution

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  • The Great Northern War

    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

    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

    Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs

    6 years after his accession, the emancipation law was signed and published.
  • The Assassination of Alexander II

    The Assassination of Alexander II

    While in a carrage he was killed by a briefcase bomb.
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    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

    Bloody Sunday

    A peaceful protest were hundreds of people were shot down.
  • The Revolution of 1905

    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 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

    The March Revolution

    A sires of revolutions that lead to the abolitions of the last Tsar.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne

    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.