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Russia Industrializes
Finances were raised in order to boost Russia industries. This boosted the growth of heavy industries, especially steel. This helps Russia to become the 4th largest producer of steel in the world. -
Assasination of Alexander II
The Emperor of Russia, Alexander II, was assassinated NIcholas II took over his position as Emperor of Russia. Nicholas II continued his predecessors vision of an autocracy. -
Russian Marxists split into two groups
The Marxist group split into two different groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Mensheviks had a broad base of popular support for the revolution. The Bolsheviks wanted committed revolutionists who would sacrifice everything for change. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia fought Japan over the control of Manchuria and Korea. Russia lost many battles and men, but still lost the war. News of Russia's losses found their way home ad he support of civilians decreased and sparked a revolt in the midst of war. -
Bloody Sunday
About 200,000 workers and their families gathered outside the emperors winter palace and protested for better wages and working conditions. The guards opened fire on the protesters and injured about 1,000 people and killed several hundreds. This provoked a wave of revolutions that spanned over the entire country. -
Russia Enters WWI
Shortly after entering the war, Russia quickly finds out that they were unprepared for the economic and the military costs. After 1 year of war, over 4 million Russians were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. WWI revealed the weakness of Russian rule and their military leadership. -
March Revolution
Women textile workers led a city wide strike. The protestors shouted lines such as "Down with the autocracy!" or "Down with the war!". Soldiers were ordered to shoot at these protestors, but even the soldiers sided with the protestors. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin and the Bolsheviks gained control of the Petrograd soviet. This added to the multiple major soviet cities that the Bolsheviks already had control of. The civilians started rallying to Lenin's calls of peace. This prompted Lenin to take action towards peace. -
Russian Civil War
The Bolsheviks opponents formed the White Army. The group was split into 3 factions, one wanted to return to Czarist rules, the second wanted a democracy, and the third supported socialism, but all wanted to defeat the Bolsheviks. The army could not cooperate and, at one point, had three white armies fighting against the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks won and they gained control over Russia. -
Lenin Restores Order
Lenin placed a small version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy(NEP) into affect. This meant that government now had control over major industries, banks, and means of communication. This also encouraged foreign investments.
