events leading up to the russian revolution

  • The Great Northern War

    The Great Northern War
    The great Northern war had an anti-swedish coalition that was created from 1697-1699. It was a war with Russia, Denmark, and Saxony-Poland and Swedish empire. Russia, Dnmark, and Saxony-poland belived that a 15 year old king would be an easy target.
  • The Decembrist Revolt

    The Decembrist Revolt
    The Decembrist Revolt was a group of nobles and army officers that tryed to overthrow the czar.
  • Czar Alexander ii emancipates the serfs

    Czar Alexander ii emancipates the serfs
    Czar Alexander ii said that slaverly was inhumane and decided to emancipate all serfs in Russia. Slaverly and Serfs are diffrent because serfs were not own, but they were treated the same.
  • Czar Alexander ll emancipates the serfs

    Czar Alexander ll emancipates the serfs
    Alexander ll gave the serfs some freedom in Russia like they get to vote and get to speak freely. But Alexander was also killed and was the last Czar.
  • The assianation of Alexander ll

    The assianation of Alexander ll
    Alexander ll died by gun shot as well with his family. They didnt want to have anymore czars so they killed his wife and kids. They killed his family because one of his kids could become a new Czar.
  • The March Revolution

    The March Revolution
    The march was based on crazy events like 'Bloody Sunday' triggered a line of protesters. A council of workers called the St. Petersburg Soviet was created in all this chaos, and the beginning of a communist political protest had begun.
  • The Revolution of 1905

    The Revolution of 1905
    The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of a mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russia Empire.Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected.
  • World War 1

    World War 1
    Russia was getting paid to fight Germany. They didnt had guns,food, equipment so the towns people had to give the arm their food, buy they still didnt have enough. Russia only wanted to fight because they were out of money and they needed the money for their country.
  • Czar Nicholas ll abdicate the Russian thrown

    Czar Nicholas ll abdicate the Russian thrown
    The last Czar Nicholas ll is forced to abdicate the Russian thrown and is gunned downed with his family.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Bloody Sunday is a day where Russian's protested for rights and lots got killed on the spot by the Russian army. 100-200 people died.