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The Great Northern War
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The Great Northern War
A conflict where a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The war started when an alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony and Russia declared war on the Swedish Empire, launching a threefold attack at Swedish Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish Livonia, and Swedish Ingria, sensing an opportunity as Sweden was ruled by the young Charles XII, who was eighteen years old and inexperienced. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Also called the Decembrist Uprising, Russian army officers led approximately 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's start of the Russian reign of the throne after his older brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. Because it occurred in December, the rebels were called the Decembrists. The revolution took place in Senate Square in St. Petersburg, and was forcibly put to an end by Nicholas I. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Formerly called Emancipation Reform of 1861 in Russia, Czar Alexander II proclaimed the emancipation of the serfs on private estates and of the domestic serfs. By this edict more than 23 million people obtained their liberty. Serfs were granted the full rights of free citizens, gaining the rights to marry without having to gain consent, to own property and to own a business. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
The Assassination of Alexander II took place on March 13, 1881, at Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. All of Alexander II's reign, a terrorist group called Narodnaya Volya tried to assassinate Alexander II, and one day they achieved their goal. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Sometimes called "The First Great War of the 20th Century," the conflict was between the Russians and the Japanese. It started out of imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over the control of Manchuria and Korea. It ended about a year later, on the 5th of September 1905. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 was a 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 joining the rebellion. 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. -
Bloody Sunday
In St Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Csar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard when approaching the city center and the Winter Palace from several gathering points. This was one of the key events that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
The First World War was a global war centered in Europe. Russia was on the Allied Powers side, along with the British Empire, France, Italy, USA, and many others. They were up against the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Nicholas II was the commander for Russia. Although a resurgence of imperialism was an underlying cause, the trigger for the war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinan. Four years later, it finally ended, Allied Powers won -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Russian Throne
Nicholas II abdicated after the February Revolution of 1917 during which he and his family were imprisoned first in the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, then in the Governor's Mansion in Tobolsk, and finally at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg where he and his family eventually were massacred along with all of their staff. Nicholas II wasn't liked at all. -
The March Revolution
At the beginning of 1917, many Russians were upset. This is because the First World War had cost Russia millions of lives. Those not fighting still had to face serious food shortages, the winter of 1916-17 was very cold, and fuel was in very short supply. Cold and lack of food that leads to trouble for those blamed for the problems.
