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Death of Tsar Alexander III
As well as being the emperor of Russia, Tsar Alexander III was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. On the 1st of November 1894 he died from a kidney inflammation. -
Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II
From the exact minute that his father had died, Tsar Nicholas was the ruler of Russia, however he was crowned around 2 years after his father's death, which was when he was officially the Emperor of Russia. -
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia
In St Petersburg, unarmed demonstrators (participants in public protests) were mercilessly fired at by the Tsar's soldiers, while marching towards the Winter Palace. -
Rasputin Gets Involved
Tsar Nicholas II's son, Alexei, was the youngest child and the only boy. He, however, had Hemophilia, which is a disease that makes your blood unable to clot properly, resulting in continuous bleeding. This lead to them calling for Rasputin, who was a holy man. He managed to stop the bleeding, when no one else could and many thought he was a magician, but not in a good way. Many Russians hated him. -
World War One Begins
World War One begins in 1914 and Russia joins Britain and France in a battle against Germany and its allies. During the war, many Russian men were forced to go to war, many of whom were farmers, which lead to a decrease in the abundance of food and crops. -
Rasputin is Dead
Tsar Nicholas decides to go and take personal command of the army, leaving his wife to rule Russia. The people were not pleased with this as many people thought she was a spy as she was German. Rasputin saw this as a way to gain power. At this point people wanted to kill him. so he was lured into a trap and poisoned, this didn't work so they shot him, this also didn't work so they shot him again and threw him in a river. -
Bolesheviks Seize Power
The Bolsheviks were able to seize power based on their strengths and the Provisional Government's weaknesses. For example, when the Provisional Government asked them to fight a revolt, they were just helping them defeat themselves as they had given them weapons. An example of the Bolsheviks strengths, was the Bread, Land, Peace slogan, which was successful as the people wanted exactly, bread, land and peace; food to feed their families, land to grow crops and peace from the war. -
Strikes and Protests
The people continued to become enraged and this resulted in more strikes and protests. This was because the people wanted food, causing them to steal bread from bakeries. They also wanted land of the people that had gone to war, but the government had forbidden it. Finally, they wanted peace and for the war to end. -
Tsar Nicholas tries to Step Down
Tsar Nicholas is forced to step down from the throne, but he tries to give it to his brother, in order to carry on the monarchy, however, his brother refused, therefore, a temporary government was made. They were called the Provisional Government. -
The Royal Family are Assassinated
The Romanov Family were, at first, sent to a secure place to stay and, then, in October, 1918, they were taken down to the cellar, where they were shot, stabbed and clubbed to death. Their bodies were burnt and then buried. The Bolsheviks had tried to conceal the fact that they were dead. This worked until, 1979, when a sort of detective, came across the graves. Among the family, four members of their household were also killed.