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Czar Nicholas II crowned
Czar Nicholas II was crowned in Moscow on May 6th, 1896. The ceremony lasted five hours and on lookers noticed that there were some bad omens during the ceremony. One of these bad omens was when the Chain of the Order of St. Andrew fell from the czar's shoulders when the Nicholas II and his wife were going upstairs after being annouced Czar and Caretaker of Russia. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan declared war on Russia. The war was focused mainly on getting control over Port Authur. The Japanese weapons were more advanced than the Russian weapons. The Russians suffered a humiliating defeat. The defeat brought reality to the Russian people and sparked a revolution to help better the country and weapons. -
Revolution of 1905
A series of revolutions in the year of 1905 leading to the abdication of the Russian throne. A coupple events were known as Bloody Sunday, October Revolution, and the March Revolution. An important document was the October Manifesto. The revolution climaxed in September and October when the first strike happened. On October 9th, Count Witte presented the czar with a list of recommended reforms, the October Manifesto. -
Bloody Sunday
A peaceful march was led to the czar's palace. The protesters were bringing a petition of economic greivances to show to the czar. People carried crosses of the Orthodox Church and portraits of the czar. The march was led by Georgy Gapon. The czar's troops confronted them and fired on the crowd. Forty were killed and hundreds wounded. Later, workers and peasants rampaged the city. They threw rocks at authorities, assualted policemen, looted stores, and broke into houses of he rich people. -
March Revolution
The March Revolution started on February 8th, 1917. The czar went to fight in WWI and Rasputin took over watching the rest of Russia. On February 12th, the Duma was set up in Petrograd, in the right wing of the Tauride Palace. At the same time, in the left wing, the Soviet of Workers and Soldiers was set up. On the same day, the Czar abdicated the crown in favor of his brother. Lenin returned from beinng exiled to Siberia. Proletariats were satisfied. -
October Revolution
A revolution to over throw the Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks get people to turn against the government and eventually take over. They form a government called the Communist Party that is controlled by a small amount of people at the top. The Mensheviks didn't agree with this. -
Start of Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was the result of growing opposition towards the Bolsheviks after November 1917. The Bolshevik army was known as the Red Army, while the opposing army was known as the White Army. Those who did not like the Bolsheviks looked to the West for help. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovisk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovisk was a treay between Russia and Germany to get Russian out of WWI . This provided some relief for the Bolsheviks, who were fighting the Russian Civil War. It also give independence to Finland,Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania. Russia had to give some land to Germany in turn for exiting WWI. Vladimir Lenin had begged for freedom from the war at any cost, but Gerrmany had very high costs, such as land, money and riches. -
End of Russian Civil War
A Socialist Revolutionary group created a regime and ended the war. The regime was made because the Bolsheviks had so much power that they diminished objections towards their cause. The Bolsheviks won because they had a better organized army and held the best territory. -
USSR was formed
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed after the fall of the Russian Empire. Russia jioned other Soviet Republics. Joseph Stalin formed this type of government when he gained control after Lenin passed away. The USSR was based on Marxism Socialism. The Soviet Union wanted to be the leader in the production of goods and was made up of 15 different republics. In 1991, the republics gained their independance which led to the down fall of the USSR.
