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Abolishment of Serdom
The origins of serfdom in Russia are traced to Kievan Rus' in the 11th century. Serfdom became the dominant form of relation between peasants and nobility in the 17th century. Serfdom only existed in central and southern areas of the Russian Empire. It was never established in the North, in the Urals, and in Siberia. Serfdom was abolished by a decree issued by Tsar Alexander II in 1861. -
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Vladimir Illich Ulianov LENIN
Lenin was a russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist.He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was replaced by the Soviet Union; all wealth including land, industry and business was nationalized. Based in Marxism, his political theories are known as Leninism. -
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Iosif Vissarionovich STALIN
Was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917, Stalin was appointed general secretary of the party's Central Committee in 1922. He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin's criticisms and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition. -
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Alexander III
Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Prince of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death on 1 November.
He was highly conservative and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II. -
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. -
Russo Japanese War
Was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. The war concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth. The complete victory of the Japanese military surprised world observers. The consequences transformed the balance of power in East Asia. -
Bloody Sunday
In St Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The events in St. Petersburg provoked public outrage and a series of massive strikes that spread quickly throughout the industrial centres of the Russian Empire. -
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World War One (WW1)
WW1 was a global war that took part in Europe. It had more than nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war. There were two big alliances; the Triple Endete ( United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. These alliances were reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the CP. -
Murder of Grigori RASPUTIN
Yusupov, Purishkeviches and Grand Duke Dmitri planned to murder Rasputin Yusupov Palace with the excuse that he would meet with the wife of this, Grand Duchess Irina Alexandrovna. Despite having received warning of the danger on the same day December 16, Rasputin went to the palace at midnight. There Yusupov made him wait for the Grand Duchess in a room where he served wine and some cakes poisoned with cyanide. The he was shot and kicked in the head and finally murdered. -
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Russian PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
It was a provisional government of the Russian Republic immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. On September 16, 1917, the country's legislature (the Duma) was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate and the country was officially declared the Russian Republic. -
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Civil War en Russia
The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favoring monarchism, capitalism, and alternative forms of socialism -
October Revolution
Was a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and established a provisional government composed predominantly of former nobles and aristocrats. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Was a peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. The treaty was forced on the Bolshevik government by the threat of further advances by German and Austrian forces. According to the treaty, Soviet Russia defaulted on all of Imperial Russia's commitments to the Triple Entente alliance. -
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New Economic Policy
Was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it "state capitalism". The NEP represented a more capitalism-oriented economic policy, deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1917 to 1922 to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined. -
Trotsky into exile
On 20 August 1940, Trotsky was attacked in his home in Mexico with a cut down mountaineers' ice axe by undercover NKVD agent Ramón Mercader. The blow to Trotsky's head was poorly delivered and failed to kill Trotsky instantly, as Mercader had intended. Trotsky's bodyguards burst into the room and nearly killed Mercader, but Trotsky stopped them, laboriously stating that the assassin should be made to answer questions.Trotsky was taken to a hospital, operated on, and finally die. -
March (February) revolution
Rasputin was dead and Lenin was out of the country. There were a series of events during some days in March(February) that lead to the beginning of a change in Russia, such as workers in the city’s largest factory (demanded a 50% wage increase so that they could buy food. The management refused so the workers went on strike, in March 4th. -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Was a Marxist–Leninist state that existed between 1922 and 1991. It was governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital.[7] A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.The Bolsheviks, the majority faction of the Social Democratic Labour Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, then led a second revolution which overthrew the provisional government and established the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
