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The great northern war
a conflict that russia, denmark, poland, and saxony, oposed sweeden. the result of this war was that russia became a major power in the baltic sea. -
The Decembrist Revolt
A small group of nobles tried to overthrow the czar. Czar nicholas stoped the uprising quickly. The five leaders were executed and most of the reat were sent to Siberia. -
the assassination os alexander the second
he was the emperor of rissia from 1885 until the day he died on march 13th 1881. -
czar Nicholas abdicates the russian throne
nicholas was weak willed and was not ready to run a huge empire. -
the russo-japanese war
the war was fought for a warm water port in the pacific ocean. -
Bloody Sunday
a massacre occurs when soldiers fired into the crowd of people. they killed may people. -
the revolition of 1905
riots and strikes were in alot if cities so to stop the violence czar nicholas set up the duma. -
the march revolution
the march revolution saw may changes in russia