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Nicolas ll is crowned Tsar of Russia
Nicolas ll is crowned ruler of the world's largest country in a poor state. The country is starving and poverty is prominent. He was not fit nor ready for this and the weight of the Russia was on his shoulders.His inability to rule or changes ended up being the downfall of the monarchy. -
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Russian Revolution Beginning to End
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Russo-Japanese War
Russia goes into the fight expecting an easy victory. The government is unaware of how severly outdated their weapons and tactics were. This resulted in a quick humiliating loss. This only angered the people and weakened the monarchy. -
Bloody Sunday
Proletariat workers, peasants and many more marched to Nicolas ll winter palace organized and lead by the priest Georgy Gapon of the Orthodox Church. They wanted the government to focus on the economy instead of their political problems. Eventually Nicolas ll felt threatened and ordered his guards to fire upon the crowd. They killed over 100 people and shortly afterwards Russia was full of strikes, riots, mutinies and more. -
Revolution of 1905
After the massacre of Bloody Sunday, people were furious. The largest industrial cities of Russia were constantly being rioted and strikes were constant. Eventually by October, the streets were so bad he was forced to make a decision. He signed the October Manifesto which created local elected assemblies. These assemblies were called Duma, however, because many of the Dumas disagreed with many of Nicolas' decisions, he disbanded them within 10 weeks. -
March Revolution
The people are fed up with current government and they overthrow the Monarchy. They replace the Monarchy with the Provisional Government, this was only a temporary fix. Nicolas and his family were exiled to Siberia where they would later be murdered. Much of the downfall of the government was due to Rasputin who made horrible political decisions and abusing power, He was attempted to be stopped by Joseph Staling but Rasputin get rid of him before he is able to anything. -
October Revolution
Led the infamous Vladimir Lenin, a group of Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government. By doing this they siezed complete control of Russia. Once they took control they took Russia out of World War 1 as quick as possible. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian soldiers were dying in the millions and Russia simply could not handle the War and the Revolution at the same time. This decision was mostly made by Vladimir Lenin. The conditions were harsh and caused to give up large amounts of land and money. Some of the other countries saw this as betrayal but it needed to be done. -
Russian Civil War Begins
The tension between the White Army and Red Army had eventually led to fighting. The Whites were upset that Russia had dropped out of the war. Alexander Kerenskey, the leader of the Whites gathered an army to try and overthrow Vladimir Lenin and the Reds. -
Russian Civil War Ends
After the Red Army had defeated the White Army, Lenin took control of much of if not most of Russia. Many people were upset at the amount of power that Bolsheviks had. Many new groups joined the White Army to take down the Red Army and the Bolsheviks. They had great success lead by Leon Trotsky but in the end, they were defeated by the Red Army and the Bolsheviks stayed in power. -
USSR is Formed
The USSR is group formed by countries that firmly believe in communism. These countries were Russia, Ukraine, Belorussian, and Transcaucasia Republic. This group was led by the Bolsheviks..
