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The Great Northern War
The war took place in 1700-1721, the war was fought between Swedens Charles XII and Peter the Great, by the end of the war sweden had lost their supremacy as leading power in the baltic region and was replaced by peter the greats Russia -
The Decembrist Revolt
The military stagged an uprising against the newly appointed tsar Nicholas I, in opposition to his conservative views. The revolution began during the comming crowning of constatine pavolch who was next in line to throne as tsar when Alexander died in 1822. pavolch took the crown three years early -
Emacipation of Serfs
- in 1861 this granted person freedom in stages, this occured during a 2 year period
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Assination of Alexander II
in 1881 Alexander II was killed by a bomb being thrown underneath his Carriage -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates Russian Throne
Nicholas was crowned May 26th 1894, he wasnt trained or inclined to rule Russia -
Bloody Sunday
-1905 Massacre of Peaceful, in St.Petersburg. These people were shot at for demanding the right to vote and freedom -
Revoltion of 1905
-This revolution was done in hopes that the tsar would make more major changes to society -
Russo-Japaneese War
-The war began Feb 8th when Japan launched a supprise attack on Russia -
World War I
Russia was paid to join world war I because their country had no money this caused Riots and strikes -
March of Revolution
This march was due to people complaining about the bread and fuel shortages the citizen began to protest and chanted "Down With Tsar!" they killed the entire family-- but rumor has it one child escaped the death
