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Reign of Czar Alexander III
Czar Alexander III was known as the peacemaker because during his reign Russia wasn't really involved in any war. -
Reign of Czar Nicolas II
He was the last Russian emperor. -
Russo-Japanese War
This war was to figure out who controlled Manchuria and Korea. -
Start of World War I
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. -
Establishment of Bolshevik rule
The Bolshevik party seized power in Russia in the October Revolution. -
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Russian Civil War
This was the fight against the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. -
Bolshevik Revolution
This revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. -
March Revolution
The revolution began, but it was neither organized nor immediately recognized as such by any of the existing parties or political groups. -
Establishment of Provisional Government
It was formed by the Provisional Committee in cooperation of the Petrograd Soviet, despite protests of the Bolsheviks. -
Lenin’s return to Russia
After decades of being exiled, Vladimir Lenin finally returned to Russia. -
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Execution of the Romanovs
Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed in Yekaterinburg, Russia by the Bolsheviks, bringing an end to the three-century-old Romanov dynasty. -
The Red Terror
There was an attempt on Lenin's life by a Socialist Revolutionary so he ordered mass executions. -
Creation of the USSR
The constituent republics established the U.S.S.R. on December 30, 1922. -
Lenin’s death
Vladimir Lenin died shortly after falling into a coma when he was 53. -
Bloody Sunday
Roman Catholic civil rights supporters turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others.