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Decembrist Revolt
- Revolt against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne
- Senate Square was renamed Decembirst Square after the revolt
- About 3,000 soldiers took place in the revolt
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Emancipation of Serfs
- Serfs were servants that were under complete control of their land owners
- Alexander proposed 17 legislative acts in hopes to free serfs
- Unfortunately, these changed did not go smoothly due to protests from the liberals and radicals
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Bloody Sunday
- This day is known to have had a masacre of unarmed peaceful protestors in St. Petersburg
- A crowd of 300,000 people were present
- Official records say 96 were killed and about 330 were injured but it is possible that up to 4,000 were actually killed
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Revolution of 1905
- mass movement of political and social unrest
- First main even took place on Bloody Sunday
- Father Georgi Gapon formed the Assembly of Russian Workers to go against their terrible work conditions
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Russia Enters WWI
- Nicholas II entered Russia in WWI
- Had the largest army in the world with 1,400,000 soldiers
- Commanded by Rennenkampf
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Rasputin Murdered
- Saved youngest son from bleeding to death due to hemophilia
- Supposed faith healer
- The legend between Rasputin's murder includes poison, stabbing, shooting and drowning. He wouldn't die.
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March Revolution
- 90 000 textile workers protested the shortage of bread and fuel
- The Czar attempted to ban protesting
- Some people believe the protests were against the Czar's "helper" Rasputin
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Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
- End of Romanov dynasty
- Nicknamed Bloody Nicholas because of all the tragic death, including Bloody Sunday, during his reign
- Made first step into WWI
- Murdered by the Bolsheviks
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Bolshevik Revolution
- After WWI the destruction and overall mood created a want for revolution.
- The Red Guards took over post and telegraph offices, electric works, railroad stations, and the state bank.
- After some time the Bolsheviks under Lenin took control over the Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Regime began.
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Murder of Romanovs
- The family was under house arrest near St. Petersburg
- The Bosheviks needed to get rid of the Romanovs because they were in the way from their ruling
- The mystery of Anastasia branched from their murder
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Treaty of Versailles
- The Treaty of Versailles stated what should happen to Germany after WWI
- David Lloyd George of Britain, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of America decided what the treaty should contain -territorial, military, financial and general points were put into the treaty of what should happen to Germany
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USSR Formed
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- made of fifteen constituent republics
- Today's current Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
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Lenin Dies
- Created the USSR
- First Leader of the Soviet Union
- Led the Bolsheviks to ruling Russia
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Stalin Takes Power/ Death of Trotsky
- Stalin's real name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
- Stalin ordered assassination of Trotsky in Mexico in 1940
- The new leader after Lenin was not expected to be Stalin because he was considered dangerous