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The Decembrist Revolt
It was staged in Imperial Russia by the ary officers who led about three thousand Russian Soilders. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Emancipation of Russian Serfs was the single most important reform of the reign of Alexander II. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Josef Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas was not trained to take the throne, that did not help the autocracy he wanted to preserve in an era desperate for change. -
Nicholas II and his Family are Executed
In Yekaterinburg, Russia, Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks, bringing an end to the three-century-old Romanov dynasty. -
Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
They disagreed on how the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was to be formed. Julius Martov was in charge of the party, he wanted it to be as large as possible with relatively few restrictions. -
The Russo-Japanese War
After the Russian rejection of a Japanese plan to divide Manchuria and Korea. -
The Revolution of 1905
Russian Orthodox priest, Father Gapon, 150,000 people took to the cold and snow covered streets of St Petersburg to protest about their lifestyle. -
World War I
More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war. -
The March Revolution
workers in the city’s largest factory demanded a 50% wage increase so that they could buy food. The management refused so the workers went on strike. They chanted "Land, Peace, and Bread!" -
Alexander Kerensky is leader of the provisional government
Kerensky was one of its most prominent leaders: he was a member of the Provisional Committee and was elected vice-chairman of the Petrograd Soviet -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks Capture the Winter Palace
A train from Finland arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia and changed history. on the train was Vladimir Lenin, he had recently been exciled to Switzerland by the Czar government and returned by the Germans. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas II ruled from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917 -
The Russian Civil War Begins
The main fighting was between three groups: the Red Army, the White Army. -
Bloody Sunday
Civil Rights protesters were shot by soilders in the british army.
