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Nicholas II Crowned Tsar
He took over the throne after his father died of a kidney disease at the age of 49. He is the head of the Orthodox church. Okhrana are the secret police and are against revolutions. There were many peasants. Rasputin helped the tsar’s son. -
Russo-Japanese War
By 1904 Russia and Japan both wanted control over Manchuria. -
Revolution of 1905
On January 22, 1905, 150,000 people took to the streets to protest about their lifestyles. October Manifesto happened. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was on January 22, 1905. People were protesting and when they wouldn’t stop they were shot at. Groegy Gapon was the priest leading the protest. Tsar creates Duma. Proletariat was the working class. -
March Revolution
The March Revolution was when the Russian Revolution began, March 1917. This was a mutiny. The tsar abdicated. Alexander Kerensky helped. -
October Revolution
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks decide to go through with the revolution. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovisk
On March 3, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovisk was signed. Royal family exiled to Siberia. -
Russian Civil War Begins
The Russian Civil War began in 1918. It began because many groups of monarchists, militarists, and foreign nations disagreed with Joseph Stalin’s Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks became known as the red army and the Mensheviks became known as the white army. -
Russian Civil War Ends
The Russian Civil War ended in 1921. It lasted three brutal years. -
USSR Formed
USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. They formed on December 30, 1922.
