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The Great Northern War
the war lasted from 1700 to 1721, it was against Sweden, Russia won because Chariles Xll died in the war, then Peter the Great set up many treates with sweden. -
the decembrist revolt
a small group of nobles and army officials that tried to overthrow the czar, that failed and 5 leaders dead and hundreds exile. -
Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
alexander II freed the serfs so they can work in the factories, and they got few political rights and allowed to keep there homes and tools, improved health care. -
Assassionation of Alexander II
he was assassinated in the winter palace in Petersburg, russia, -
Russo-Japanese war
The czar in charged in this time wanted to win to become popular for the people, even though Russia lost, the czar wasn't popular after that. -
Bloody Sunday
in the result of Russo-Japanese, Father Georgi Gapon planned a peaceful march to the winter palace in St. Petersburg. When the father and his 200,000s followers got there, soldiers were there, started shooting at the marchers, 500 dead, thousands wounded became what is known because of he blood that stained on the snow, the father was in sorrow after the massacre. -
Revolution of 1905
this started with Bloody Sunday, after the people of Russia heard that, many riots started, as well as strikes swept the cities and the countryside, peasants looted and burned the homes of landowners, after all of this, the czar set up the Duma, Russian Parliament with little power, but that didn't work much and in two years it was gone. -
russia's involvment in WW1
this was the start of WW1, though russia could not stay in the fight because the people had shortages of food and the men had no weapons to fight or choths -
March Revolution
riots and strikes erupted in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Angry crowds protested the war and the shortage of food, Bread and Peace, and the czar Nicholas 2 gives up the throne and is imprisoned in a farm house. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
during the febuary revolution, Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograds insurgents.
