Russian Revolution

By KateKreiser

  • Decembrist Revolt

    Decembrist Revolt
    • In St. Petersburg Russia, a group of mililary officals revolted again Tsar Nicholas the first.
    • Liberals felt Threatened by the rulers conservative views
    • they also felt that Nicholas cheated his brother out of power

  • Emancipation of the Serfs

    Emancipation of the Serfs
    • Created Personal freedom to the serfs -Akexander the second created the emancipation for the serfs -Emancipated because of the Crimean War

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    -Started the 1905 revolution
    -100 killed, 300 wounded
    -Workers wanted better working conditions and wages

  • Revolution of 1905

    Revolution of 1905
    • Bloody sunday stared off the Revolution of 1905
    • Riots and strikes swept though Russia -Czar Nicholas finally set up new reforms, but this did not work, and Russia into bigger turmoil.

  • Russia enters World War 1

    Russia enters World War 1
    -Entered the war with the largest army at the time.
    -Joined allies, France and Britain against Germany and Austria-Hungary
    -The war put stress on Russia factories, and couldn't develop the supplies needed for war

  • Rasputin Murdered

    Rasputin Murdered
    -Grigory Rasputin was the advisor to Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra
    - Helped heal the Czars son
    - The Russian Nobles did not like Rasputins hold over the ruling family of Russia so they killed him

  • March Revolution

    March Revolution
    • Riots and Strikes in petrograd over food stortages
    • Soldiers were sent but ended up joining the protesters
    • The demonstrators overthrew the czarist officals

  • Tsar Nicholas the Second abdicates

    Tsar Nicholas the Second abdicates
    -One week after the Roits Started, Tsar Nicholas Abdicated the throne, gave up.
    - The duma had to set up the Provisional government, but this was powerless
    -the government would now be based on written laws

  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    • Called for a socialist revolution, this is also known as the Russian revolution -Lenin lead the Revolution -Won over workers and soldiers

  • Murder of the Romanovs

    Murder of the Romanovs
    -was murder at Ekateringburg, where they were sent during the civil war to try and protect them.
    - Lenin wanted the Tsar gone, because with the Tsar around, Lenin could never fully take power
    -The deaths of the family is is a mystery

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    • This treaty was a peace settlement after World War 1 -Russia had 1,700,000 soldiers killed by the end of the war
    • this had ended in the shadow of the Russian Revolution

  • Lenin dies/ USSR formed

    Lenin dies/ USSR formed
    • After Lenin dies, Stalin takes power -USSR was made in December 30, 1922 -Lenin like Stalin for the job

  • Stalin takes power/ Death of Trotsky

    Stalin takes power/ Death of Trotsky
    • After Lenin dies on January 21, 1924, Stalin and Trotsky fight for power
    • Stalin wins and has Trotsky sent to Mexico -Stalin then had Trotsky assinated in 1940, in Mexico