First World War and the Russian revolution

  • Triple Alliance

    Triple Alliance
    The German Empire signed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Italy.
  • First Morocoo crisis

    Germany offered help to Morocoo against France.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Massacre of peaceful demonstrators in St. Petersburg
  • The Algeciras Conference

    The Algeciras Conference
    Morocoo became a Franco-Spanish protectorate.
  • Triple Entente

    Triple Entente
    France allied with Russia and with Britain and these three powers signed a mutual aid pact
  • Annexation

    The annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary
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    Balkan Wars

    Russia, Austria-Hungary and other small powers want balkans, and this led to a battle.
  • Assassination in Sarajevo

    Assassination in Sarajevo
    Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
  • War Declaration

    Austria-Hungary, encouraged by Germany, accused Serbia of the assassination and declared war.
  • Germany declared war on France

  • Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Verdun
    The Germans launched a new offensive at the Western Front but were stopped by the French.
  • The United States joined the war

    The US joined the first World War in April, 1917.
  • First political conflict in Russia

    First conflict between the provisional government and the Soviet after the February revolution
  • The February Revolution

    The February Revolution
    There was a large demostration in Petrograd, followed by a general strike and riost in the barracks.
  • Abdication of the tsar

    Tsar Nicolas ll abdicated in March 1917
  • Red Guards

    Red Guards
    The Bolsheviks had created their own armend militia and prepared for an insurrection.
  • Russian revolution

    The Russian revolution broke out
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty between the bolsheviks and powers of the first world war.
  • The end of the war

    The end of the war
    An armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, bringing the war to an end.
  • Conference in Paris

    Conference in Paris
    A conference in Paris to establish the terms for the peace
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty imposed the terms of peace with Germany.
  • Civil War of Russia

    Civil War of Russia
    White Army confronted the Red Army. After 3 years, the Civil War finished with the victory of the Red Army.
  • USSR

    USSR
    In 1922, was created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.