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Decembrist Revolt
Russian officers lead a protest against Nicholas 1's taking of the throne. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates Serfs
In 1861 the Emancipation Manifesto proclaimed that serfs on private estates and domestic household serfs emancipated. They gained the full rights of free citizens which included right to marry without consent, and own proterty and business. -
Czar Nicholas II comes into power
Czar Nicholas was the last Czar of Russia after he abdicated the throne in 1917. He was poorly trained in political affairs and told a friend that he wasn't ready and that he never wanted to rule. -
Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Splits
The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party or RSDLP splits up in the Bolsheviks who believe in outright revolution and the Menshoviks who believe in reform. -
Russo-Japanese War
Lasted until early September 1905. Russia wanted a warm water part in the Pacific as well as for their navy and trade. The Japanese saw Russia as a threat and went to war. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth. -
Russo-Japanese War
Lasted until early September 1905. Russia wanted a warm water part in the Pacific as well as for their navy and trade. The Japanese saw Russia as a threat and went to war. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth. -
Bloody Sunday
Unarmed protesters led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired at by the Imperial Guard as they went to the Winter Palace to petition to the Czar Nicholas II. They were all killed.
This provoked outrage and massive strikes. -
The Revolution of 1905
Was mass political and social unrest that was spread throughout Russia. Some of it was directed against the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies.
According to author, Sidney Harcave, their were four problems that led to the revolution. The agrarian problme, nationality problem, labor problem, and educated class problem. -
Russians get involved in WWI
The assination of the Archduke Frank Ferdinand led to a chain of events that led up to Russia's involvment in WWI. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates throne
The last russian Czar. At the end of the Februrary Revolution he chose to abdicate. -
March Revolution
There were riots and strikes in Petrograd. The russian capital was formerly known as St. Petersburg but was changed to Petrograd because it sounded to German. -
Alexander Kerensky, leader of Provisional Government
Alexander was the second Prime Minister until the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. -
Lenin and Bolsheviks Capture Winter Palace
Lenin convinced other Bolshevik leaders that it was time to take control. In early November armed Bolsheviks captured government buildings and arrested people of the Provisional Government. -
Russian Civil War
Lasted until 1921.
The Red Army fought for the Bolshevik form of socialism. The White Army was made of loose allies with various interests like monarchism, capitalism, and forms of socialism. -
Former Czar Nicholas and family are executed
The Czar and his family were imprisioned in the Iaptiev House also known as the "house of special purpose".
When they sat down for they thought would be a family picture they were all executed. -
Lenin Passes and Stalin comes into power
Stalin schemed his way to power after Trotsky was exiled. Though he turned Russia from a peasant country into an military and industrial superpower he ruled by terror and many people died while he ruled.
