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Czar Alexander II is assassinated
Alexander the 2nd is assassinated by a terrorist group called the people's will. They gave up on the people and used terror to get their message across. However it backfired on them as the next czars limited the freedoms of the people and the groups. -
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Nicolas 2nd took power of his father alexander the third died. He did not have the fear or the respect that his father had as a leader. HE had almost no political ideas besides protecting his power as rule. He angered modern reformers by calling their political goals and ideas for the country senseless dreams. -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
RIght before russia's humiliating defeat to japan, at the time a small island nation, a large group of st petersburg workers marched on the czar's palace. THe had a small list of demands but their peaceful protest was met with soldiers who opened fire on them. A total of 130 protesters were killed come to be known as bloody sunday. -
World War I begins
THe outbreak of world war one had a very large influence on the revolution in russia. Russia was poorly prepared for the coming war. Russia's involvement in the war had caused several problems throughout the country. In caused famine throughout the country and famine strikes eventually began. Towards the end of the war several thousands soldiers were deserting the front lines every day. -
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
The february revolution was two revolutions in one. THe first revolution toppled the four hundred year old monarchy in russia, and the second was the october revolution. The february revolution started with women in petrograd striking, they called the men working in factories to join them and within days they had almost all of the workers in petrograd on strike -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates (gives up power)
Nicholas the second was away at war on the eastern front when a revolution crisis was happening. His response was to resolve duma. However it refused to disband and formed their own temporary government called the provisional government. Russia's top military leaders decided to support the provisional government. Having lost control of his army, country, and people Nicholas gave up the throne. -
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
In the 1890s lenin was arrested and exiled to siberia. From there he traveled to western europe, germany and switzerland. In the time he lived their he met other marxists like himself. He established the bolshevik party. He returned to russia with help from germans in April of 1917. As soon as he returned he began plotting against the provisional government. -
Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
A three day streak of fighting in the streets of petrograde peeks after the provisional government temporarily falls and amid anger within and without the army due to russia's in volnation in world war one causing hardships throughout russia. This temporary movement was led by lenin. The uprising eventually fails after the government regains control. -
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
In 1917 two revolutions would sweep throughout russia and topple and three hundred monarchy and the government set up directly after. Unlite the provisional government lenin called for a government run by run by a council of soldiers peasants, and workers as a soviet government. -
Russian civil war begins
THe bolsheviks formed a red army in february of 1918, The anti communist were the whites and some who wanted to restore the old monarchy, and the greens who were peasants who fought to keep their land safe from both parties -
Russia withdraws from World War I
The bolshevik russia signs a peace treaty to the central powers which released its territories including polish and baltic, the ukraine, and finland. They withdraw from world war one to focus more on the domestic problems going on throughout the new country's government. Lenin authorised the signing of the treaty on march 3 1918. -
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
The capital of russia was changed to moscow from st petersburg because of fear from foreign invasion. Vladimir lenin had helped a small revolut in that area which was the former capital. HAving almost taking it over with citizens of that area his fear was rightfully so. -
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
THe bolsheviks formed an army in february of 1918 because of the coming civil war. When the did this they changed their name to communists. The army the formed was called the red army because of historically in europe red meat socialist revolution. -
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
In yekaterinburg, Russia, czar nicholas the second and his family were executed by the bolsheviks. WHich ended the 300 year dynasty. That night the royal family were woken up and told to dress. THe headed down into the basement were they were hiding. WHen they were in the basement several armed men broken in the door and gunned down the family. -
Russian civil war ends
In 1922 the red army had defeated the white and green army joining three rebublist forming the The Union of soviet Socialist Republics also known as the USSR. The bolsheviks had taken control of russia. Latter the bolsheviks changed their party name to the communists. -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
POSt revolutionary russia , the soviet socialist rubles is established. (USSR). It is comprised of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian federation. ALso comes to be known as the soviet union. This was the successor to the three hundred year old monarchy and was the first nation based on marxism. -
Lenin dies
Lenin the first architect of the bolshevik revolution dies at the age of 53 having suffered from a brain hemorrhage. HE suffered from strokes caused by an attempted assassination. He had been shot three times by an assign. He had had a total of three major strokes. In which the second would force him to retire from politics entirely.
