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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was a war between Russia and Sweden. During that time, Sweden had great power. The leader of Russia at that time was Peter the Great, while Charles Xll was the leader of Sweden. The war was all about that Sweden had access to the Baltic Coast, but Russia didn't. The effect that the event had was that Russia won. After their victory, they were followed by attacks on Sweden's possessions along the Baltic Sea, and then Sweden was the major power in the Baltic area. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was a small group of nobles who tried to overthrow the czar's govnerment. Nicholas quickly executed five leaders of the uprising and moved hundreds more to Siberia. He banned books from the West that might contiain ideas. Also his secret poilce spied on the teachers and students. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
It was a reform about that Alexander ll freed the serfs. The serfs got their freedom as a free citizen and could buy property and or own a busness. The household serfs only gained their freedom but no land. State owned serfs were emancipated on 1866 and were given bigger and larger plots of land. After that, Alexander ll was then called, the Tsar Liberator. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
The Czar named Alexander ll is assassinated in the streets of St. Petersberg. He was killed by a bomb thrown by a member of the group "People's Will."They assinated him because they wanted to overthrow the Czar's autocracy. Alexander ll did very important things when he was a Czar like freeing the serfs. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas ll, the czar was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents. Nicholas then led his country to another costly war and Russias food became scarce, and soilders became weary. The army garrison joined strikers in demanding reform, and he was then forced to adbicate. Then after a secret meeting, Nicholas and his family were sentenced to death. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The War was between the Russian and Japanese Empires, which was fought in Korea and Manchuria. Both countries wanted control of Korea and Manchuria. In Japan, their resources were limited than Russia's. The Japanese attacked Port Arthur on February 9th. President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States offered to help make peace for both sides, and they agreed, and Russia gave Japan the southern half of Sakhalin Island. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a protest by workers in St. Petersburg. Those workers would present a petition to the Czar (Nicholas ll) with the help of Father Gapon. Everyone marched to the Winter Palace, and soilders were there with there rifles, and began shooting the people who were on Father Gopan's side. The soilders killed 100 people, and several were wounded. Then when Gapon came back, he was shot and killed, and at the end, the Revoultion of 1905 was contributed. -
The Revolution of 1905
The Revoultion of 1905 was an uprising by Russian people for a change in government. It was started by a shooting in St. Petersburg called Bloody Sunday. Then Nicholas ll created the October Manifesto which was a document that allowed the Russian people to talk about the government through the election of Duma. The Duma was elected and it served as a governing body to aid the Czar, but the Duma had little power. The October Manifesto ended the Revoltuion of 1905. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
World War l was a war between Russia and Germany because Russians say that Germany is their main threat to Russia. One of their first battles were Battle of Tannenberg, which only lasted three days. 10,000 Russian soldiers were able to escape, with the other soldiers were taken prisoners by Germany. In the first two weeks in the battle, Russia captured 200,000 prisoners from Germany. Then the Brest- Litovsk Treaty forced the Russians to surender to Ukraine. -
The March Revolution
The March Revolution was primarily about food shortages in the city. Strikes started happening at Petrograd, the Russian capital.The government then sent out troops to the capital. Many of the soliders refused to fire on the crowds, and some of them joined to protesters. After a week Nicholas ll abdicated the throne.
