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The Decembrist Revolt
A failed attempt of an uprise by the Russian Revolitionaries against Nicholas the First. -
Emancipation of 1861
Alexander the seconds attempt at reforming rusiia by gettitng rid of serfdom. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
When Nicholas was firat crowned he was weak, during that time Russia lost the Russo-Japanesse war leading to the Russian Revolution. (Scarce food which led to defeat) -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas was neither trained or inclined to rule which did not help and era of desperate times. He became the Czar because his father died. The same month Nicholas marries a born princess from germany named Alexandra who came to have a great influence over her husband. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
It became clear quickly that the two groups would slit into two, the meetings consisted of violent srguing. The Bolsheviks claimed their name after getting there way into wrangle over the editorial board of the Party Newspaper -
● The Russo-Japanese War
During this japan won a series over the Russians. They underestimated the military potential of it s non western opponent. After this Russia was convinced that Japan had imperal designs for east Asia, Theodore Rosevelt than created a peace treaty. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was the begiinning of the vioilent stages of the Russian Revolution. When Russia went away to fight Japan a strike broke out against Nicholas the second. -
The revolution of 1905
Started from a peacegul protest, which was a turining point. 150,000 people were taken into the streets during the snow covered streets of St. Petersburg -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
The main cause of World War I was the assination of Franz Ferdiand, Franz was the archduke of Austria- Hungary. Austria-Hungary than declared war on Serbia, than Germany declared war on France and eventuallu Austria-Hungary invades Russia. Eventually the U.S jpined and four years later the war ended. -
The March Revolution
in March there was a dual power insured hekd by state power while the national network of Soviets had a great amount of lower class, causing the population to increase largely -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
A train from Finland arrived in St. Petersburg Russia, from that moment on evrything had been changed. Throughout the summer Vladimir had tried to bring his army to the streets however, he failed. The ending to this was a plunge to Russia in a brutal civil war that ended with a Bolshevik victory in 1921. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
Kerensky was a member of the provisional commitee of the State Duma. Eventually he was elected vice chairman, he than later became the first minister of justice in the newly formed Provisional Government. -
The Russian Civil War begins
This was a multi party war in the former Russia Empire. They had fought between the Red Army and the White Army. In 1918 it became pretty ovbious that the revolutionary army was to small. By the end 83 percent of all Red Army divisonal and corps commanders were ex-Tsarrist soldiers -
Nicholas the II and his family are executed
In July the Bolshevicks killed Nicholas and his family. Because of this it ended the Ramon dynasty. In 1979 bones were discovered that led to be the familys. Marie and the 13 year old son Alexi still remained missing but in 2007 DNA testing coonfirmed that the bones of these people were near Ekaterinburg, and the case was closed. -
Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Lenin suffered from a stroke in 1922 and Joseph than took the place of him. Joseph did this by tricking the Russian with propoganda.
