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Beginning of Romanov Dynasty
mikhail Romanov elected Tsar by the national council, beginning the romanov dynasty -
Peter The Great
Rule of Peter (the great) first tsar to use the title emperor -
New Capital
St Petersbrug established as new captial -
Expansion
Romanov empire expanded to include Crimea, Ukraine, Georgia and some parts of poland -
Napoleon invades
Napoleon invades Russia the tsar Alexander ordered the burning of Moscow, resulting in Napoleons defeat -
New tsar
Russian army offices tried to force the new Tsar Nicholas to introduce political reform in the Decemberist uprising -
Defeat
Crimean war resulted in a humiliating defeat for russia -
Emancipation
Emancipation edict abolished serfdom in Russia -
Assassination
Alexander II asssassinated by terrorist group the peoples will -
Nicholas II
Rule of Nicholas II -
Social party
Russian Social democratic party split into Menshevick and Bolshicick factions -
Japanese war
Russo Japanese war resulted in the1905 revolution and the announcement of the October Manifesto -
First World War
Russia was involved in the first world war -
Nicholas II abdicated
March - Nicholas II abdicated and power was transformed to the provisional government. -
Bolshevik Party
October - Bolshevik Party seized power from the provisional government in a coup -
Romanov Family Executed
Romanov Family Executed in Ekaterinburg by Bolshevik agents as the russian civil war escllated