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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern war was fought in mostly four-year phases. It was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and Russia's Peter the Great. Russia wanted to expand its borders and thought that Sweden would be an easy target. At the end of it all, Sweden has lost its leader power in the Baltic Region and been replaced with Russia. -
The Decembrist Revolt
A small group of nobles and army officials tried to overthrow the czar government in December 1825. The nobles didn't want an autocratic government because they could make no decisions about anything. Instead, they wanted a constitutional monarchy. To respond, Czar Nicholas I executed the five leaders of the revolt and exiled hundreds more to Siberia. -
Alexander II Emancipoates Serfs.
The serfs were freed from being slaves in March 1861. The people who owned the serfs were given compensation in the forms of money and bonds. The serfs were given land to live on called a commune. Many serfs wanted more land and the previous owners were dissapointed that they did not have slaves to work for them anymore. -
Assassination of Alexander II
Czar Alexander II was assassinated when a bomb was thrown by a member of the "People's Will" group. There were several previous attemps to assassinate him by this group. The people in this group did not like that Alexander II abolished serfdom and opposed political reform. Alexander III took his place after the assassination. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan both wanted control of North Korea. Russia occupied North Korea and believed that they could defeat Japann. Japan broke a treaty with Russia and attacked Port Arthur where they defeated Russia. The many quick wins by Japan declared Japan the winner leaving Russia scarred. -
Bloody Sunday
George Gapon made up a petition against Nicholas II and had workers with sufferings and demands sigh it. Over 150,000 people signed the petition. Gapon led all of the petitioners to the Winter palace to present it to Nicholas II. Nicholas II took this as a threat and sent soldiers and Cossacks to kill the people. A lot of people were killed and wounded and this sparked the start of the Revolution of 1905. -
Revolution of 1905
The events and masacre of Bloody Sunday sparked the Revolution of 1905. Riots and strikes started in cities while house burnings were happeni ng in the country. The Duma was created by Czar Nicholas II to make minor reforms. The Duma and its reforms failed, so all groups in Russia were still depressed and had discontent. -
Russian Involvement in World War I
Russia joined the allied side of the war, but didn't do so well because they didn't have enough guns, equipment, food, and they were poorly led. Russia invaded Germany early in the war, but the German army pushed Russia back. Russia was getting paid to help the war effort, so they stayed in. Lenin later pulled out of the war due to riots and strikes in the country. Germany received part of the Russian territory as a reward for defeating Russia. -
The March Revoluton
A large metalworking plant in Putilov, Russia forced many workers to be unemployed after it closed its doors over a fight for worker's pay. A lot of riots broke out the next day due to food shortages and the bad government. The chaos grew and grew until the military was called in to shoot the rioting citizens, but the men didn't have the will to shoot the civilians, so they joined them. This led Nicholas II to abdicate his throne just about a week later. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Czar Nicholas II ruled from 1894 to 1917 when he abdicated his throne. Most people thought that he was not trained or qualified to rule from the start of his rule. The Russo-Japensese war and the Russian Revolution of 1905 did not help how the people of the country viewed him. Nicholas II led Russia into another costl. war in 1914. All of these events combined with workers striking for socialist reforms forced Nicholas II to abdicate his throne in March 1917.
