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Czars Resist Change
Alexander III succeeded his father, Alxender II, and halted all reforms in Russia. -
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Russia Revolutions 1881-1928
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Cazars Continued Autocratic Rule
Nicholas II becomes Czar. Continued the tradition of Russian Autocracy. Blined him to the changing conditions of his times. -
Revolutionary Movement Group
(karl Marx) Russian Marxists revolutionists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. Proletariatism time period. "worker would rule the country" More radical were the Bolsheviks. -
Bloody Sunday: Revolution of 1905
200,000 workers and their families approached the czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg with petitions asking for better working conditions and more personal freedom and elected national legislature. Generals ordered crowed to be fired upon. 1,000 wounded and several hundred killed. -
Nicholas Promises More Freedom
Nicholas reluctantly promised more freedom. -
First Duma Meets
Duma meets in Russia. Russias first parliament. -
World War One Final Blow
Nicholas II made fatefull decision to drag Russia into WWI -
Death of Rasputin
Group of Nobles killed him in fear of his rising political power. -
The March Revolution
In March 1917, women textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike. In the nextfive days, riots flared up over shortages of bread and fuel. Nearly 200,000 workersswarmed the streets shouting, “Down with the autocracy!” and “Down with the war!”At first the soldiers obeyed orders to shoot the rioters but later sided with them. -
The Provisional Government Topples
without warning,armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. Calling themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards. -
Russia and Germanysigned the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germanysigned the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russiasurrendered a large part of its territory toGermany and its allies. The humiliatingterms of this treaty triggered widespread anger among many Russians. They objectedto the Bolsheviks and their policies and to the murder of the royal family. -
Civil War
The Bolsheviks now faced a new challenge—stampingout their enemies at home. Their opponents formed the White Army. The WhiteArmy was made up of very different groups. There were those groups who supportedthe return to rule by the czar, others who wanted democratic government,and even socialists who opposed Lenin’s style of socialism. -
War
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Lenin Stroke; Stalin Control
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Stalin Total Control
