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The Decembrist Revolt
Took place in Imperial Russia- Senate Square Saint Petersburg- army officers led 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I because he assumed the throne would be his after his brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Czar of Russia until March 15, 1917- the oldest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia -
The Russo- Japanese War
It was "the first war of the 20th century"- Lasted until September 5, 1905- took place in Manchuria, Yellow Sea, and Korean Peninsula- the result of the war is Japanese victory -
Bloody Sunday
Took place in St. Petersburg, Russia- unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II -
World War 1
Started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918- located in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off of the coast of South and North America- More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war -
The March Revolution
Part of Wold War I that began in 1914- the first Russian Revolution- forced the czar to abdicate, established freedom of the press, and granted an official pardon to polical prisoners in Siberia (including terrorists) -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Enemies nicknamed him Bloody Nicholas after Bloody Sunday- he was forced abdication on March 15 1917- he was the last emperor of Russia -
The Russian Civil War begins
A multi-party war in the Russian Empire- after the Russian Revolutions of 1917- Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism, against the loosly allied forces known as the White Army, including monarchism, capitalism, and alternative forms of socialism -
The creation of the USSR
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) - commonly known as the Soviet Union -
Vladimir Lenin's death
Served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1917 and of the Societ Union from 1922 until his death
