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Reign to Czar Alexander III
This is the time in which Czar Alexander III reigned -
March Revolution
leading to the overthrow of State Chancellor Metternich, freedom of the press and the proclamation of a constitution -
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Reign of Czar Nicolas II
Time in which Nicolas II led Russia -
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Russo-Japanese War
A military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan -
Start of World War I
Began due to Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government. -
Establishment of Provisional Government
Internationally recognized government of Russia initially composed entirely of liberal ministers, with the exception of Aleksandr F. Kerensky. -
Lenin's return to Russia
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution -
The Red Terror
The pretext was a nearly successful attempt on the life of Lenin by a Socialist Revolutionary, Fannie Kaplan. -
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Russian Civil War
Conflict between the newly formed Bolshevik government and its Red Army against the anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia -
Breast-Litovsk Treaty
Peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia’s participation in World War I. -
Execution of the Romanovs
When the Romanov family was assassinated in the basement of the Ipatiev House -
Establishment of Bolshevik rule/ Creation of USSR
Formed with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics, was based on the one-party rule of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks), who increasingly developed a totalitarian regime, especially during the reign of Joseph Stalin. -
Lenin's Death
Lenin died at the age of 54 due to a brain hemorrhage. -
Bloody Sunday
A demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others.