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The Great Northern War
There was military conflict when Russia, Norway, and Poland challenged Sweden near the Baltic Sea. They did this soon after Sweden expanded in the Baltic Sea coastlands in the 16th and 17th centuries. Russia's access to the Baltic was blocked off by the Swedish-held Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, and Livonia. The war resulted in the decline of Swedish influence and the act of Russia as a major power. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was an unsuccessful uprising. Russian army officers led over 3,000 soldiers through Imperial Russia to protest against Nicholas l's place on the throne when his brother, Constantine, stepped down from his spot in the line of sucession. Since the events took place in December, the rebels called themself Decembrists. Through the failure, this provided a source of inspiration to succeeding generations of Russian's. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
This was the first and most important of reforms effected during the reign of Alexander II of Russia. It amounted to the liquidation of serf dependednce which was suffered by the peasants of the Russian Empire. Although in some areas of Russia, serfdom was abolished earlier. This gave serfs full rights of free citizens, gaining the right to marry without gain consent, to own property and a business. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II was known to go to the Mikhailovsky Manege for the military roll call. He travelled both to and from this place in a closed carriage along with five Cossacks. The emperor's carriage was followed by the cheif of police and the emperor's guards. But a man came out with a white package wrapped in a handkerchief and threw it under the carriage. The bomb blew up but did not harm the emperor in the bulletproof carriage. Soon enough, another man with a bomb ended up murdering the emperor. -
Russo-Japanese War
This was the first great war of the 20th century. It arose from ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. The main areas of operations were Southern Manchuria, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean. The Russian armies were poorly put together and were defeated by the Japanese in a series of battles on land and at sea. -
Bloody Sunday
Unarmed demonstrators were marching to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II and were fired upon by the soldiers of the Imperial Guard while approaching the city center and the Winter Palace. Bloody Sunday was an event with large consequences for the Tsarist regime. It has been assessed by historians to be one of the key events which led to the russian Revolution. -
The Revolution of 1905
When a wave of mass political riots spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of the riot was against the government, and some was undirected. This wave of people included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It led to an establishment of limited constitutional monachy, the State DUma of the Russian Empire, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906. -
World War I
World War 1 was the most deadly and destructive war yet at the time. More than 25 countries participated, aligned with either the Allied or Central powers. More than 65 million men were sent for the armies, navies, and emerging air forces. After the allies won, it led to revolution in Russia, destabilized Europe, and laid the foundations for World War II. -
The March Revolution
This began with strikes in St. Petersburg. It was triggered by food shortages in the city, which were caused by the wider problems of a dying economy and repeated failures on the battlefields of World War I. czar Nicholas II ordered Russian troops to suppress the protests, but instead, they joined the people. The following revolutions led to the creation of the world's first socialist state and the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne 2
riot in St. Petersburg. Nicholas II sent troops, but they entered into the riot. The government soonly resigned, and the Duma told the emperor to abdicate. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas ll, also known as the last Czar, came to power in 1894. He did not fit the description for being a Czar, but he was a loving man and loved his country. Soon enough, in 1904, Russia and Japan went to war over Russia's expansion activities. Russia was taking heavy losses and eventually, suffered a terrible defeat. But this was just the start to Nicholas's problems. Food shortages in early 1917 created a large riot in the capital of Petrograd (which was the name given to St. Petersburg).
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