Russia Revolution Timeline

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  • The Decembrit Revolt

    The Decembrit Revolt
    The Decembrist Revolt took place in Imperial Russia where Russian army officiers led roughly 3000 soilders to protest Nicholas I

  • Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia

    Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
    Nickholas II was czar of Russia from 1868-1917, was a strong defender of autocracy but a weak monarch, he was forced to abdicate, thus ending more than 300 years of Romonav rule in Russia

  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War
    During the Russian-Japanese war, Russia was losing badly but Nickholas II insisted that they would win so he choose to remain in war. The war concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth Which was planned out by US President Theodore Roosevelt.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Bloody Sunday was ordered by Czar Nickholas II, It occured when a group of people who were protesting (Led by Father Georgy Gapon) outside of St.Petersburg. Czar Nickholas was not happy about this and ordered the group of people to be gunned down. After this event the people of Russia gave the czar a new nickname of "Bloody Nickholas".

  • World War I (Russian involvement)

    World War I (Russian involvement)
    In 1914 Russia entered WWI with the kargest standing army in the world with 1,400,000 soilders

  • The March Revolution

    The March Revolution
    The MArch Revolution was a revolution based on Petrograd, then the capital of Russia. In the caos members of the Imperial Parilament or Duma resumed control of the country, then they formed the Russian Provisional Goverment.

  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
    Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a temporary government is installed in his place.

  • The Russian Civil War Begins

    The Russian Civil War Begins
    The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future

  • The creation of the USSR

    The creation of the USSR
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics began with Russia and three other republics: Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Republic

  • Vladimir Lennins death

    Vladimir Lennins death
    Vladimir Lennin did at the age of only 53, he sufferd three fatal strokes. It is also possible that Joseph Stalin poisined him