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Nicholas II becomes Czar/Tsar of Russia
During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers, Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin. He advocated modernization based on foreign loans and close ties with France but resisted giving the new parliament (the Duma) major roles. -
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Russia loses war with Japan
The Russian defeat was one of the reasons for the Russian Army's great improvement after 1904, which helped start the European arms race that was a cause of World War I. Japan would continue to grow its empire in Asia until World War II. -
Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power
the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 were the collective backlash of the masses against the corrupt, incompetent, and uncaring autocracy of the Tsarist Regime which was unable and unwilling to change with the times. -
Russia enters World War I
Russia reluctantly entered the Great War to preserve its status as a great power. The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and famine in 1917–20, followed by decades of Communist rule. -
Bolshevik Revolution defeats Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government
The Bolsheviks success in defeating Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government saved them from ultimately losing against the Germans and saved the way for communism to become a big influential political belief system around the world. -
Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
Czar Nicholas taking over the throne officially put an end to the Russian dynasty that was ruling Russia for over three hundred years and signaling the open spot for communism to come into play. -
Lenin Returns to RussiaMarch Revolution
Lenin electrified his own comrades, most of whom accepted the authority of the Provisional Government. Lenin called this government, despite its democratic pretensions, thoroughly imperialist and undeserving of support by Socialists. -
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Civil War between Red and White Armies
The Civil war between the Red and White Armies is important because it got rid of one of the big political views and led to the collapse of the Russian republic and Russian state. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI
The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I and resulted in Russia losing major territorial holdings, Russia recognized the independence of Ukraine, Georgia and Finland; gave up Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to Germany and Austria-Hungary; and ceded Kars, Ardahan and Batum to Turkey. -
lenin establishes new economic policy (nep)
The New Economic Policy, set in after the Russian civil war and taking over of the throne, was intended for the Soviet Union to experience a temporary taste of capitalism in order to improve the economy so as to successfully introduce Communism. -
Stalin becomes Dictator
Stalin becoming dictator resulted in rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, collectivization of agriculture, intensification of class conflict, a cult of personality, and subordination of the interests of foreign communist parties to those of the Communist Party. These are important because they are big changes. -
Revolution of 1905 - Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday and is seen as one of the key causes of the 1905 Revolution. The aftermath brought about a short-lived revolution in which the Tsar lost control of large areas of Russia. This precipitated an upsurge in support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which advocated violence against the United Kingdom to force it to withdraw from Northern Ireland.