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Decembrist Revolt
• A group of military officials staged a revolt against Tsar Nicholas I in St. Petersburg, Russia.
• The rebels wanted a free Russian state, with a federal government and constitution, instead of government under the tsar.
• The rebels hoped to set up a constitutional monarchy.
• As a result, the rebels defeated the Tsar’s forces and then Nicholas I made new rules and regulations to prevent the spread of the liberal movement. -
Emancipation of the Serfs
• Serfs were bought and sold for money by a higher class, the nobles.
• Serfs were finally set free and became citizens.
• Even though the serfs became citizens, they still remained poor, and were considered a low class of society. -
Bloody Sunday
• Father Gapon led a march to St. Petersburg to ask Nicholas II the current Czar, for better working conditions and freedoms.
• Thousands of unarmed citizens marched to the palace and were shot by gaurds.
• Many women, children, and men were killed.
• The whole event was on Sunday, which is why the event was named Bloody Sunday. -
Revolution of 1905
• Bloody Sunday sparked the Revolution of 1905
• Many strike and riots happened throughout the city.
• The “Duma” made reforms to control his country, but failed. -
Russia Enters WWI
• Russia joined Britain and France in WWI to fight against Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• Russia lacked in the war because Russia’s industries were not developed enough to meet the supply and demand needs.
• Since the Russians lacked weapons and skilled leadership, Russia suffered many losses on the Eastern Front.
• After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Russia withdrew from war. -
Murder of Rasputin
• On December 16, 1916 Yussupov invited Rasputin to his home in St. Petersburg in hopes of killing him that night.
• Yussupov reportedly shot Rasputin in the chest but he did not die.
• Many people say that he then fled Yussupov’s house, and got shot many more times, and still did not die. So Rasputin went to a nearby bridge and threw himself into the Neva River. -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
• The Russian Tsar Nicholas II, signed his enforced abdication in 1917.
• After Nicholas II gives up his throne, leaders of Duma, wanted to restore order, so therefore they set up the Provisional Government.
• For the first time in Russia, Russia will have a new type of government, which included written laws instead of the decrees of the Tsar. -
March Revolution
• Russia’s army and workers went on strike, and abandoned the Tsar. Therefore, Tsar Nicholas lost control of his country.
• The words, “bread and peace” were echoing the streets of Russia.
• Many riots occurred in Petrograd, Russia about food shortages and the war.
• This then cause the Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate. -
Bolshevik Revolution
• Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
• The Bolshevik Revolution was created to organize the Soviets.
• He gave peasants back their land. -
Murder of the Romanovs
• The Romanov family was murdered at Ekateringburg.
• The Bolsheviks made the decision to kill Nicholas and his family.
• A group of 12 red army soldiers showed up in the Romanov’s basement, and shot them all, until they were killed. -
Treaty of Versailles
• The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement.
• The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay for reparations and pay for the damage that the war created.
• The Treaty of Versailles eventually set up the League of Nations. -
Lenin Dies/USSR formed
• When Lenin died in 1924, the USSR was formed.
• The union was over powered by the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.
• The USSR finally gained power, and got 15 republics. -
Stalin Takes Power/Death of Trosky
• Agents of Stalin murdered Trotsky so that Stalin would eventually come into power.
• Stalin won, and turned the Soviet Union into a socialist state.
• Stalin was then forced to make economic decisions, and he made heavy industries.
• To feed the peasants, Stalin created many farms.
