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Czar Alexander II is assassinated by the terrorist group ‘People’s Will’
Czar Alexander II was killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the group “People's Will”. His death got rid of the two political party system that was put in place on the day he died. His son was the one who decided to get rid of the new system and the assassins were hung. -
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Nicholas II was crowned czar of Russia on May 26, 1896. He was the last Czar ever to be crowned before the reign of the Czars had ended. Sadly, he was a disappointing and untrained so he was not ready to take the job as Czar. He led his country into a very expensive WW1 and it opened the door for more bad things to come. -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
A large group of people led by the priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon revolted because the did not support the war they were in or their leader. This led to a group of soldiers opening fire on the people and killing most of them. When word got out about this the public outraged and a new revolution had started. -
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
The February revolution was started because many people had lost faith in their leaders. There was a lot of poverty and people were starting to starve. This led to people causing riots in the streets and the destruction of property in the streets. This led to Nicholas giving up the role of the Czar and ended the rule of Czars in Russia. -
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a stolen train
After the attempted revolution all of the leaders of the Union were arrested, this included Lenin. He was exiled for three years and went to jail for one year. When he got out of jail he went back to attempting to start a revolution. He did this by printing a newspaper that brought attention to people so he could gain a following again. -
The October Revolution
. It was a nearly completely peaceful revolution that tried to get rid of the Duma provisional government. Vladimir Lenin was the man who was responsible for starting this revolution. Lenin thought that the government should be run directly by people from the lower classes.He wanted to give power to soldiers, workers, and peasants.Lenin and the Bolsheviks started in invade different parts of the government and eventually took over.Lenin was the leader of the world's first communist state. -
Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
The Bolshevik uprising started when soldiers, factory workers, and sailors flooded the streets of Petrograd and started to protest. All of these people were Bolsheviks who did not agree with what was happening with the war and how it was being handled. They attempted to have the uprising but they were not ready and their leaders were arrested. -
Russia withdraws from World War
There were multiple reasons why Russia withdrew from WW1. The first reason was because Russia was very financially unstable at the beginning of the war. They did not have enough money to support themselves for an entire war with multiple countries. They also did not have a good leader in Nicholas II he was not trained and not ready. -
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
There were are couple reasons why the capital was changed to Moscow. The first reason was that Moscow was much closer to the center of the country. Moscow was also larger and had a larger population. It was also much closer to the front lines than St. Petersburg was. That is why the capital of Russia was changed to Moscow. -
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
When the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party it was an attempt to help the society and make more people happy. The wanted to create a classless society to improve elections and make it for fair for everyone who was involved in the government. This all happened after the Bolsheviks won the civil war. -
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
The assassination of this family was the end of the reign of the Czars who would never come to power again. The Czar who was Nicholas II at the time, his wife, and children were executed by the Bolsheviks who wanted to gain power and be the official leaders of Russia. The family was supposed to be rescued but it was called off and they were put to death instead. -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established after all of the revolutions in Russia. It comprised of a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the next government after the Russian empire ended. It was the first communist government in the world and gave the idea to the other european superpowers. -
Lenin dies
Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union. He led the country from December, 30 1922 until the day he died. He died from a brain hemorrhage when he was 54 years old. He was responsible for the collapse of the reign of the Czars and the Bolshevik party. He was succeeded by Joseph Stalin who carried out the war.
