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Nicholas II becomes Czar of Russia
He was the lasr Czar of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. -
Dissatisfied workers organize strike
Work conditions were very hard in the factory with very low wadges and child labor. Workers were upset and started stirkes. -
Revolution of 1905 Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, Russian Krovavoye Voskresenye , massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905. -
Russia loses war with Japan
The Russo-Japanese war was a military conflict in which a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in the Far East, becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power. -
Russia enters Worl War I
Russia entered the first world war with the largest army in the world, standing at 1,400,000 soldiers; when fully mobilized the Russian army expanded to over 5,000,000 soldiers (though at the outset of war Russia could not arm all its soldiers, having a supply of 4.6 million rifles). They had weak generals and poorly equipped soldiers making it easy for Germany to beat them. -
Rasputin is murdered
Prince Felix Yusupov murdered rasputin -
Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power
The people were miserable and revolutionary movements grew. The group that eventually succeeded in esablishing a new government followed the views of Karl Marx (the Bolsheviks). They believed that change should come from a small group of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for radical change. -
Civil War between Red and White Armies
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Provisionary government is established
Hungry, angry workers and soldiers overthrew the czar. A new temproary government was established that Lenin accepted but said it wasn't revolutionary enough. -
March Revolution
Demonstrators clamoring for bread, took to the streets of the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). -
Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
Lenin Returns to Russia
Germany sell Lenin as a threat and sent him to Petrograd in a railway boxcar. -
Bolshevik Revolution toppels provisional government
In the aftermath of the February Revolution, power was shared between the weak provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet. Then, on November 6 and 7, 1917 25 the leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strat -
Russia is organized into several self-governing republics
Russia's temporary government decided to stay in the war to protect its honor. The people were not happy with this decision. Groups called Soviets formed which were local councils made up of workers, peasants, and soldiers. A political party called the Blosheviks became powerful by gaining support of the soviets. -
Treaty of Brest-Litowsk ends Russia's involvement in WWI
On March 3, 1918, in the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria) ending its participation in World War I (1914-18). With the November 11, 1918, armistice ending World War I and marking the Allies’ victory over Germany, the treaty was annulled. By the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to give up its territorial gains from the Treaty of B -
Bolsheviks change name to Communist Party
The 7th (extraordinary) Congress of the RSDLP(b) (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party) is also known as the Extraordinary 7th Congress of the RCP(b) (Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)) was held during 6–8 March 1918. During this congress the Bolsheviks changed the name of their party to include the word "Communist". -
Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)
Peasants could sell their crops instead of giving them to the government. Small factories, businesses, and farms operate under priveate ownership. -
Lenin suffers stroke
He suffered his first stroke which deprived him of speech and impeded his movement. Six months later he returned to work with a lighter schedule. -
Stalin becomes dictator
He was dictator of the USSR from 1929-1953. Under Stalin's rule, he transformed the Soviet Union froma peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. He ruled by terror and many of his own citizens died during his reign.
