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The 1825 Decembrist Revolt
The troops in St. Petersburg refuse to take oath from Nicholas I, and demanded the accession of Constantine. The rebellion was terribly executed, easily surpressed, and they fled immediately. -
1861 The Emancipation of Russian Serfs
The Emacipation was intended to cure the backwardness and want into which serfdom cast the nations peasantry. This failed, and most of them remained poor and land-hungry, and crushed by huge redemption payments. -
Vladmir Lenin's Death
Vladmir Lenin was an architect of the Bolshevik Revolution, and was the first leader of the Soviet Union. At the age of 54, he died of a brain hemorrhage. -
Nicholas II Becomes Czar of Russia
After his father, Nicholas I dies, Nicholas II was bumped up to be Russia's new czar, in 1894. -
1904 Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a war that was fought between The Russian Empire, and the Empire of Japan. This was a war fought over for the dominance over Korea and Manchuria. Japan launched a surprise attack and siege on the Russian Naval Squadron at Port Arthur. The Japanese came away victorious, over the huge army of Russia. -
Bloody Sunday
On January 22nd, 1905, Russia explodes into violence in St. Petersburg. Waves of strikes came, 100s were killed, and several more hundred were injured. -
The March Revolution
This was a revolution around St. Petersburg. In the chaos of this event, the Russian Provisional Government was formed. This all went from 1917-1923. -
World War I (Russia's Involvment)
Russia's first move was made on August 22nd, 1914. With the huge amount of troops they had, they surprisingly only accomplished few successes. Shortly after, their army was completely surrounded. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates the Throne
After 1914, in showing his inaffective leadership, he lead his country to a devastating defeat. After this show of inaffective leading, in 1917 Nicholas II was forced to abdicate the throne. -
The Creation of the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in post-revolutionary Russia was established, and named the USSR. This was a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation.
