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The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War had a number of distinct phases: 1700-1706; 1707-1709; 1709-1714; 1714-1718 and 1718-1721. The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and a coalition lead by Peter the Great. By the end of the war, Sweden had lost her supremacy as the leading power in the Baltic region. -
The Decembrist Revolt
The Decembrist Revolt was a army of 3,000 Russian soliders protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne. It was to be hold outside of the Senate Square, outside the Winter Palace, in St. Petersburg. The poorly organized revolt was easily suppressed. Many people got hurt, exucated, or ran off to Sibera. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipated the Serfs
He thought that is would be better to start to free serfdom from above that waitting for a rising below. He freed the serfs in order to avoid a revolution. It could overthrow not only his government and rule but the entire existing social order -
The Assassination of Alexander II
In St. Petersbug a bomb was thown by a member of the evolutionary "People's Will " group. they were tyring to overthrow Russia's czarist autocracy. A bomb was thrown under his iron-clad carriage to stop it. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The war began with the Japanese naval attack on Port Arther. Was known the " first great war" of of 20 century. The Russians were poorly organized and the Japanese defeated them in a series of battles on land and at sea. 40,000 Rusian army men died during war. -
Bloody Sunday
A group of workers led by priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon marched to the czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to make their demands. Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hundreds. Nicholas responded by promising the formation of a series of Dumas, to work toward reform. -
The Revolution of 1905
The revolution was an uprising of people in Russia calling for a change. It started by the peaceful protest on Bloody Sunday. In October a general strike took place in Moscow and quickly spread to other cities. Revolution caused significant reform in Russia. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia entered the war after Austria declared war against Serbia. They wanted to help out Serbia during the war. When they entered they had the strongest army in the world with 1,400,000 soldiers. The first offensive Russia launched was against Germany in East Prussia. -
The March Revolution
It began when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd(St. Petersburg). THere had 90,000 men and women on striking about shortage of fuel and bread. Also mobs of wokers destroyed police stations. Because of this several members of the Duma were chosen to set up a provisional government -
The March Revolution
It began when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd(St. Petersburg). There had 90,000 men and women on striking about shortage of fuel and bread. Also mobs of wokers destroyed police stations. Because of this several members of the Duma were chosen to set up a provisional government the zcars place. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicated the Russian Throne
When began Nicholas II throne he nevered had trained. When he was in throne many people believed he lacked the qualities of a leader and many of the people were poor and hungry so they blamed him. Then he was forced to abdicate his throne. In his place of a provincial government took his place.
