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Decembrist Revolt
About 3,000 soldiers protect again Nicholas I. It was a stand-off between the 3,000 rebels, and 9,000 loyal troops, and Nicholas ordered open fire on the rebels who ran to stay alive. A few tried to regroup but were targeted and killed. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
He takes the throne after his father died of kidney disease -
The Russo-Japanese War
It was between Japan and Russia fighting over ports. It started as negotiations, but turned into a fight when Japan choose to go to war. In the end Japan defeated Russia -
Bloody Sunday
Workers where marching to the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II and were shot at by the soldiers. Many people died. -
World War 1
Russia was not ready for World War 1, only 1 out of 3 soldiers had a gun, which led to enormous casualties. The factories couldn't keep up wiht the war demands and Russia suffered bad. -
The March Revolution
Workers wanted to get paid more to buy food, but were denied. They went on strikes, and started riots, and Nicholas II orders them to be put down. That only made things worse, and then the Duma took things in their own hands. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne
Because he was a poor ruler they killed him and his family -
The Russian Civil War
It was the Boseviks fighting against France and the USA who was supported by Great Britian. In the end the USA and France win the war -
The creation of the U.S.S.R.
A treaty was made to create the U.S.S.R. and create a new centralized goverment. -
Vladimir Lenin's Death
There was a warrant out for his arrest, so he went to Germany, but later came back and was killed.
