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Czar Alexander
Alexander III is known as the "czar peacemaker" because under his rule the empire remained at peace except for minor, although costly, military expeditions in central Asia. Relations with England were greatly improved, and France replaced Germany as Russia's ally. The end of his rule leads to the rule of Czar Nicholas II -
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Czar Nicholas is in power
Born in 1868 and took the throne in 1894. Was not the best ruler and did not handle big events well like WW1 and Bloody Sunda He was assassinated in 1918 . -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia lost the land in China and became a constitutional monarchy and was very embarrassing. This event pushed Russia to industrialize. -
Bloody Sunday
A group of unarmed protestors was gathered in St Petersburg were fired upon by the Imperial Guard. The group had a petition that they wanted the Czar to sign, and this tragedy was blamed on Czar Nicholas -
Establishment of Duma
Because Czar Nicholas was blamed for both Bloody Sunday and the Russo-Japanese war, he wanted more favor with the people. Thus, he creates Duma, a legislative body in which the people get more power, though it really made no big difference. -
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Russia's Involvement in WW1
July 31, 1914 - Reacting to the Austrian attack on Serbia, Russia begins full mobilization of its troops. Germany demands that it stop. August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization. Russia alliance to Serbia forces them into the war -
Death of Rasputin
After failing to become a monk, Rasputin became a wanderer and eventually entered the court of Czar Nicholas II because of his alleged healing abilities. Known for his prophetic powers, he became a favorite of Nicholas's wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, but his political influence was minor. He was murdered in the house of Felix Yusopov. Was shot three times and then thrown into a river -
Abdication of Czar Nicholas II/Establishment of Provisional Government
Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia under Romanov rule. His terrible handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia's role in World War I led to his abdication and execution in July of 1917. A provisional government was set in place. March 1917, when the czar's government collapsed, the members of the Duma set up the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government never really ruled Russia. It was supposed to be temporary but not only did it last longer than it should of,but it did a very bad job -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when the peasants and working-class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union. Significant due to this being a turning point in the system of government that was held by the Russians -
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Russian Revolution
Lenin and the Bolsheviks to take power in 1917. There are two armies, the white army who was Russia and her allies, and the red army who were the ever-growing bolsheviks. The white army was going strong in the beginning but was eventually overthrown by the Soviets. Significant because this was the birth of the soviet union. -
Establishment of the USSR
The Soviet Union was a single-party Marxist–Leninist state. It existed from 1922 until 1991. It was the first country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society. Significant beacuse it was the first communist party -
Lenin's Death
In Moscow on the evening of January 21, 1924, shock and near-hysterical grief greets the news that Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik movement that toppled the czarist regime in 1917 and head of the first government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), had died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage. Significant because he is founder of Leninism -
Leon Trotsky's Exile
In London, he collaborated with Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin but later sided with the Menshevik factions that advocated a democratic approach to socialism. With the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Trotsky returned to Russia and was again exiled to Siberia when the revolution collapsed. Then he was exiled to Mexico then gets an ice pick in the back of his head -
Stalin's Rise to Power
Three years later, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, with Lenin as its first leader. ... After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. He is very important due to his role in WW1
