Russia

By Garrett Urry
  • Period: to

    Russian Revolution

  • The start of the Russo-Japanese War

    The start of the war between Japan and Russia over the Korea peninsula.

  • Start of the turmoil

    The Russian people proposed a declaration of loyalty to the Czar, Nicholas II.

  • Strikes begin

    120,000 industrial workers go on strike in St. Petersburg.

  • Soldiers open fire on demonstrators

    Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in the streets of St. Petersburg. This is called "Bloody Sunday".

  • Meeting between Czar and workers

    The Czar meets with a group of industrial workers and says he "forgives them" for their demonstrations.

  • Strikes at the docks

    Strikes break out in factories at the docks in Odessa.

  • Soldiers open fire

    Cossack soldiers open fire on protestors in Moscow; ten people die.

  • Munities

    An uprising of several thousand military personnel at a naval base in Sevastopol, Ukraine. It is eventually crushed by troops loyal to the tsar.

  • Nicholas II

    Nicholas II; the Czar of Russia resigns.