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The Decembrist Revolt
3000 men protested the rule of Nicholas I. Soldiers tryed to get the protesters to leave. The soldiers fired on the protesters. This revolt was the start of the revoltuion. -
Nicholas ll becomes czar
Nicholas ll got the throne after his father died. he did not want to be czar. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Russian wanted to expaned to the east but the japanese fought back. In the end both russia and japan ganied some land but it cost alot of money -
Bloody Sunday
workers march to the czars house to make domands. soldiers shot at them wounding and killing 100's. this led to riots throughout the country -
World War l
Russia had the worlds biggest army but they were untrained and had little food and weapons. About 2.5 millon russians were killed and the country was collapsing -
The March Revolution
workers went on strike for more money and food. soldiers and the government were rioting against the czar.by march 12 the czar gave up his thorne -
Czar Nicholas ll abdicates the Russian thorne
He was forced to abdicates the thorne by rebel -
The Russian Civil war
the bolsheviks were trying to gain control. there were people who went against the bolsheviks. this started the civil war. Lenin was now able to set up a communist government -
the Creation of the U.S.S.R.
the new communist state was the successor to the Russian empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism -
Vladimir Lenin's Death
he died of a brain hemorrhage. his death put Joseph Stalin in charge of the soviet unoin
