russian revolution

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  • Nicholas II becomes Czar/Tsar of Russia

    Succeeding his father on November 1, 1894, he was crowned tsar in Moscow on May 26, 1896. Neither by upbringing nor by temperament was Nicholas fitted for the complex tasks that awaited him as autocratic ruler of a vast empire.

  • Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power

    jan 1, 1905 - Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power.

  • Revolution of 1905 - Bloody Sunday

    Up to 200 people were killed by rifle fire and Cossack charges. This event became known as 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.

  • Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne

    In March 1917, the army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms, and Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. Nicholas and his family were first held at the Czarskoye Selo palace, then in the Yekaterinburg palace near Tobolsk.

  • Lenin Returns to RussiaMarch Revolution

    On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution.

  • Bolshevik Revolution defeats Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government

    During the Russian Revolution of 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries toppled the monarchy, ending the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II and his entire family—including his young children—were later executed by Bolshevik troops.

  • Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)

    Introduced by Vladimir Lenin in 1921, the New Economic Policy (or NEP) was a radical shift in Bolshevik economic strategy. It eased the harsh restrictions of war communism, the Bolshevik economic policy during the Civil War, and allowed the return of markets and petty trade.

  • stallin becomes dictator04

    Lenin died on 21 January 1924. Stalin was given the honour of organizing his funeral. Upon Lenin's death, Stalin was officially hailed as his successor as the leader of the ruling Communist Party and of the Soviet Union itself.