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The Northern War
The Northern War was a military conflict where Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland challenged the supremacy of sweden in the Baltic area. Peter The Great used his this period to reorganize theri army and to establish themselves on the eastern Baltic coast, Peter defeated Charels's auxilitary coprs and decisively defeated the main swedish army.
Peter the great was a Czar of Russia who extended his territoies in the Baltic and founed St. Petersburg. -
The Decembrist Revolt
In Russia, St.Petersburg. Military officals presented a revolt against the Czar Nicholas 1, the Military officals were liberals who felt threatened by nicholas's new rules and regulations. They believed nicholas didnt deserve his throne, over 3,000 men began an open revolt against the Czar, over 60 to 70 rebels died and all that were captured were hung and exiled to Siberia. This was all conflict of interest between Russian Military liberals and the Consecutive czar. -
Czar Alexander II emancipates the serfs
Alexander II emancipates the serfs because he described his government as glasnost (openness) greater freedom and thought. Alexander started a committee to identify possible solutions to the situation. Meetings took place and after 2 years the Editorial Commission was formed to define the best solutions for the peasents, but freeing the serfs did little to give them real freedom, because they had little to no money and very little land was given to them. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of hte Revolutionary " People's Will " group, the group was organized in 1879 to terroism and assassinations in their attempt to over throw Russians Czarist autocracy, Once Alexander's authority was challenged he turned repressive. As soon as the Czar died the thrown was passed down to his 36 yr-old son but was rejected. -
The Russo-Japanese war
Russo-Japanese War was a disaster for Russia, The war was triggered by Nicholas II and his disire for imperial expansion in Asia, NIcholas underestimated Japans capacity and willingness for war. There then was a suprise attack by japan and almost the entire Baltic Fleet was destroyed, Russia was forced to agree to peace. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a massacre in St.Petersburg Russia, this was the beginning of a violent phase in the Russian Revolution. The Russian industrial workers endured low wages, poor working conditions, and appealing treatment from employers. Georgy Gapon drafted a peition for the Czar at that point scores of the workers were gunned down in the streets by the tsarist soldiers. Bloody Sunday ended up gaining respect for tsarism and contributed a wave of general strikes and violence. -
The Revolution 1905
The Revolution 1905 was an uprising event trying to convince the Czar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy to a constitutional monarchy. NIchloas was unwilling to give up his power but knew that he had to make an action, this Revolution centered a disire of the people to have an intensive government that does good for all of Russia, so after a violent strike on Oct. the Czar (Nicholas) called upon the Manifesto. -
World War 1 ( Russian Involvment )
World War 1 was an international conflict adn one of the greatest waersheds of te 20th century, the conflict of the war happen for many reasons between teh Central powers and the Allied powers, but Russia entered World War 1 with the largest army in the world during the war Russia lost a tremendes amount of its soldiers around 2,500,00 Russians were killed. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne.
Have in mind that Nichloas II was never trained or inclined to rule or take the part of being the Czar. In March 1917 the army Garrison Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms, and the Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate, after the abdication happen Nicholas and his family were held at the Czarskoye place, then moved to the Yekaterinburg palace, Later after a secret meeting was held a death sentence was passed on to the family, on July 16th the family was then killed
