HK History 2º EVA

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  • Bloody Sunday

    Massacre of protesters in St. Petersburg, marking the beginning of the 1905 Revolution.

  • October Manifesto

    Tsar Nicholas II promises democratic reforms and a Duma (parliament).
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    WW1

    On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. This led to Austri-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. This led to a chain reaction which brought Germany, Russia, France Britain into the war

  • Assassination of Francis Ferdinand

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist. This event triggered a series of alliances that led to the start of World War I

  • Stalemate develops outside Paris

    French and British forces halted the German advance near Paris during the First Battle of the Marne. This resulted in trench warfare on the Western Front, leading to a prolonged stalemate
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    Russian Revolution

  • Lusitania is Sunk

    A German U-boat sank the British ocean liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. This event heightened tensions between the United States and Germany

  • February Revolution

    Strikes and protests in Petrograd due to food shortages. The army joins the protesters, collapsing the tsarist regime. Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, marking the end of the Russian Empire. The Provisional Government is formed.

  • October Revolution

    Storming of the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks, overthrowing the Provisional Government. Lenin and the Soviets take power.

  • Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

    Germany resumed its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, attacking any ship that might be aiding the Allies, including neutral vessels

  • Russian revolution removes the Czar

    The February Revolution in Russia forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate, establishing a provisional government that was later overthrown by the Bolsheviks in October

  • United States Declares War

    The United States, motivated by German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram, entered World War I on the side of the Allies

  • Civil War and Bolshevik Consolidation

    Russian Civil War between the Red Army (Bolsheviks) and the White Army (counter-revolutionaries). Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in Yekaterinburg.

  • The Armistice ends the fighting

    Germany signed an armistice with the Allies in Compiègne, France, bringing an end to the fighting in World War I

  • NEP (New Economic Policy)

    Lenin implements the New Economic Policy (NEP) to revive the economy.

  • Versailles Treaty is signed

    The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles, imposing harsh economic and military sanctions on Germany, which later contributed to the causes of World War II

  • Creation of the USSR

    Founding of the Soviet Union (USSR).
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    WW2