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Marxism
Carl Marx had written the Manifesto for the Communist Party, which in later years would've motivated the first revolutionary ideals in the Russian Empire. -
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Russian Industrialisation
Since the 1860's Russia's Tsar Alexander II had placed reforms to increase the production of farm goods, this emancipation had aided in the socials aspects but didn't affect much the economy, and it was in 1890 that new reforms would increase the flow of foreign capita into Russia and that would've funded the creation of new plants and factories. -
Nicholas II is Coronated
He was coronated in the Cathedral of the Dormition located in Moscow, this is where all Russian Tsar's were coronated. -
Bloody Sunday
When a priest by the named Father Gapon had orginized a recesion in order to place a petition for the emperor, the crowd was shot by Russian troops, this caused the first major riots all around the empire. -
The Duma
After the events of the Bloody Sunday one of the Tsar's advisors crated a compromise, in which the Tsar would create an elected assembly and appoint a prime minister, but in the end the duma had near no power wince it still was an absolute monarchy. -
World War 1
With the start of the first world war, the Tsar against the advice of everyone decided to become the commander and chief of the army, and so left her wife in charge of the capital with their advisor Grigori Rasputin. -
Rasputins Asassination
After the Russian front began to deteriorate Rasputin was blamed for corrupting the royal family and was killed in St. Petersburg, his death is still not clear but it is believed that he was assassinated by Russian aristocrats still there are legends of which tell the tale. -
Women's protest in Petrograd
Celebrating National Women's Day, the women of Russia joined into a march in the Capital protesting bread shorting, the next day all of the city protested against the Tsar, when the military was tasked to put down the protest's they disobeyed orders and joined the protest. -
The Tsar Abdicates
After prisons and police stations had been attacked and Tsarist officials had been arrested, the Tsar's advisors urged him to give up power in order to calm the public, and so in a nearly bloodless revolution 300 years of monarchy were abolished. -
Lenin Returns
Formerly being exiled from Russia and with the Tsar gone, Vladimir returned to Russia, where he created the Bolshevik party, demanded the re-destribution of land, and an end to the war. -
Armies Revolt
After a Russian offensive ends in disaster and army moral deteriorates portion of the army in Petrograd mutinates and protest in the streets, they receive Bolshevik support and are fired upon by the troops who maintained loyal to the provisional government. -
Lenin Escapes
After the provisional Government troops opened fire on the protesters, a police crack down ended with the arrest of most of the Bolshevik leadership including Leon Trotsky, but with the help of Josep Stalin Lenin escaped to Finland with a forged passport. -
Prime Minister Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky who was an orator and a socialist had became the prime minister, with this came the hope of peace and a more democratic government, and the public believed he was the one to save Russia from monarchy -
The Bolshevik defend Petrograd
With Kornilov's army approaching, prime minister Kerensky released the arrested Bolshevik troops with Leon Trotsky, who defended the Capital and later would take control of the Petrograd Soviet. -
The Kornilov Affair
It was the armies commander and chief, General Kornilov believed the war effort effort had been undermined by chaos at home, and purposely sabotaged by Lenin, and so he ordered his men to march into Petrograd and seize the city and restore order. -
The October Revolution
After Lenin had secretly returned to Russia and the Bolsheviks had been released, they organized the revolution where the Red Army would've been lead by Leon Trotsky, former Prime Minister Kerensky had escaped Russia and Lenin would take full control over Petrograd -
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The Russian Civil War
After a success full revolution the Bolshevik were faced against a counter revolutionary army, who either were loyal to the provisional government or wanted the Tsar Nicholas II back in power, this was one of the 20th century most devastating events that lead to the death of 2 million soldiers and 9 million civilian life's because of a Typhus epidemic -
Assassination of the Royal Family
With the former Tsar and his family in house arrest, and the White Army attempting to save them, they where moved around Russia until the complete family was killed in Siberia by Bolshevik troops before the White Army could save them. -
The Creation of the U.S.S.R
With the Russian country know in Bolshevik control, Lenin would create the Soviet Union that after his death and in the control of one of his advisors Joseph Stalin would become a world superpower with the defeat of Nazi Germany.
