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Alexander III
Alexander III favored autocracy and imposed strict censorship codes on published materials and written documents. To establish a uniform Russian culture, he oppresed other national groups withing Russia. -
Nicholas II
Nicholas II continued the tradition of Russian autocracy but it blinded him to the changing conditions of his times. -
Russian Marxists
Russian Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday is known as the revolution of 1905. About 200,000 workers and their families approached the czar's Winder Palace carrying a petition asking for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas II's general ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd. More than 1,000 were killed. -
Freedom
Nicholas reluctantly promised more freedom. -
First Duma Meets
The first Duma met and its leaders were moderates who wanted Russian to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britain. -
Russia in World War I
Nicholass II made the fateful decision to drag Russia into World War I. -
Death of Rasputin
A group of nobles murdered Rasputin. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution began with an explosion. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace calling themselves the Red Guards, took over government offices and arrested leaders. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia surrenedered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. -
Civil War in Russia
Civil War in Russia lasted from 1918 to 1920 -
Lenin Restores Order
Lenin resorted to a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. -
Stalin Becomes Dictator
Lenin suffered a stroke and Joseph Stalin took over as ruler. -
Agricultural Revolution
The government began to seize of 25 million farms in the USSR> It combined them into large, government owned famrs called collective farms.
