Events in the Russian Revolution

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  • Reign of Czar Alexander III(1881-1894)

    Czar Alexander III had a reputation for being extremely patriotic, and he kept Russia peaceful, improved his relations with England, and became allied with France. His rule, however, strengthened and gave power to the aristocracy at the expense of the peasant class. This gives the peasants a reason to dislike the Czar, setting up the abdication of Czar Nicholas.

  • Reign of Czar Nicholas (1894-1917)

    Czar Nicholas II was abdicated from the throne and executed when he poorly handled Russia's role in WW1 and Bloody Sunday. He had created an elected legislature. He was also the last Czar of Russia, and after his reign a provisional government was put in place, which was eventually overthrown.

  • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

    Tensions between Japan and Russia rise to armed conflict due to the dispute over territory in Manchuria and Korea and Russia faces loss after loss. Czar Nicholas refuses to accept defeat, however, and dispatches the Baltic Fleet, which gets destroyed, resulting in an embarrassing defeat for Russia, pushing it to industrialize.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday is an event in Russian history in which imperial guards open fired on a large crowd of workers coming in peace, killing around 100 of them. This resulted in strikes from workers, peasant uprisings, and riots, and assassinations. This resulted in angry workers becoming angrier it "added fuel to the flames." It also gave the Russian people a reason to despise the government and have a desire to overthrow it.

  • Establishment of the Duma

    The Duma was a representative legislative assembly that was established by Czar Nicholas II. It was created in order to improve the Czar's reputation that had been destroyed as a result of the Russo-Japanese War and Bloody Sunday. It angered the people when the Czar did not give the Duma any real power, simply used it to satisfy the people.

  • Russia's participation in WW1 (1914-1917)

    When the Czar entered WW1, political leaders and the public both offered him support, but Vladimir Lenin refuses to join along with his followers, the Bolsheviks. However, the war took its toll on Russia with heavy casualties, military failure, a plummeting economy, food shortages, and civilian suffering, leading to tension and discontent. Resulted in strikes and riots, indicating that the Russian empire and the ruling Romanov Dynasty were coming to an end.

  • Death of Rasputin

    Grigori Rasputin was a exorcist, healer, and psychic who was killed by nobles after being drowned. He survived being poisoned and being shot beforehand. He was an extremely shady character, and was close with the royal family. He gained the affections of the royal family when he supposedly healed Queen Alexandra's son of hemophilia. His murder was seen as the nobles' bid of power at the expense of the peasant class, angering people further.

  • Abdication of Czar Nicholas II and establishment of a Provisional Government

    Due to his costly and unacceptable rule, Czar Nicholas II is abdicated from his throne by the army garrison and striking workers. This led to the murder of the imperial family, which in turn led to the lack of a government in Russia. This resulted in the establishment of a Provisional, or temporary government. This government was weak and unpopular, which resulted in the government being overthrown and the Bolsheviks coming to power, kicking off the Bolshevik Revolution.

  • Bolshevik Revolution (Mar 8, 1917 - Nov 17, 1917)

    The Bolshevik Revolution refers to the period of time in which the Provisional government in Russia is overthrown after the abdication for Nicholas II. It caused the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, to come to power and take the title of a government, who wanted to make Russia a communist nation, the USSR.

  • Civil War (1917-1922)

    The Civil War in Russia was staged in between the Bolsheviks, or the Red Army, and the conservatives and Allies from World War I, the White Army. The conservatives were supporters of having a Czar, while the Bolsheviks were looking to adopt communism. The Civil War was won by The Red Army, and it resulted in the formation of the Soviet Union as well as the rise of communism in Russia when the Red Army came out on top.

  • Stalin's Rise to Power

    Joseph Stalin was appointed as a member to serve on the first Central Committee, as a member of the Bolsheviks. When the Soviet Union was founded in 1922, Stalin had risen up the ranks of the political ladder and he became secretary of general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Stalin became dictator in the late 1920s. He ruled with a reign of terror, and killed anyone he saw as a threat. However, he made Russia from a Peasant nation to an industrialized Power with a strong army.

  • Establishment of the USSR

    The USSR was established when Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasia formed a treaty in 1922 after the civil war in Russia and the Red Terror. This led to the new country, USSR, to become one of the largest and most powerful nations in the world, occupying one sixth of the Earth's land.

  • Lenin's Death

    At the age of 54, Lenin suffered a stroke and died. He was the leader of the Bolsheviks and the USSR as well. Lenin had also previously suffered multiple strokes before succumbing to his health. His death resulted in Stalin succeeding him and industrializing Russia.

  • Leon Trotsky's exile (1928-1940)

    Leon Trotsky was exiled after he spoke up against Stalin's policies. He was calling for a world revolution that would break the Soviet Union apart. He also criticized the New Regime and called for democracy. This resulted in his exile to Alma Ata, from where he was sent to Mexico, found guilty of treason, and died to a Mexican Communist with an ice-ax. This resulted in a dictatorship government in Russia as compared to a democracy, and the industrialization as compared to World Revolution.