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The Decembrist Revolt
There were a lot of revolts and anyone who led an uprising was called a decembrist. The point of this revolt was to inspire Russian desendences. Most of these decembrists are upper classmen with military backround -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas the second was the last czar and well educacted. He started a war with China and lost and he was unprepared to be a czar. His son had a disease that this guy named Rasputin magically cured. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan are rivils and developed a war. Russia built the Trans-Siberian railroad to improve the inports and exports mobility and speed of transportation. In the end Japan won with a Russian general called his soldier off and back -
Bloody Sunday
Intro into the voilence in the Russian Revolt. The Russian revolutionists were holding signs with their wishes and desires on it, and the head of police tried stopping it with brutul force of killing hundreds of them. Domino effected into more strikes. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia was an ally in World War l with France, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan. Both Russia and France ignored Germany's 24-hour ultimatuim so Germany set it's targets at both of the countries the next day. Some of these countries combined were called the Central allies. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is started in his place. After he did so the Orthdox Church killed his family. He abdiccated the throne for another reason because he led Russia into a costly, bad war. -
The March Revolution
Before this revolution, the people and the czars weren't connected in any way. From World War l, Russia's army was very strained and disconnected. The Provisional Government's commander in cheif was unable to stop Russia’s push into political, economic, and military chaos. -
The creation of the U.S.S.R.
This country stretches from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea and it consisted of 15 republics. It was the world's largest country and it extended more than 6,800 miles from east to west, covering 11 time zones. -
The Russian Civil War
The Bolsheviks government was defended by the Red army. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk mad the Bolsheviks unfair land. So they fought back to win the land. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
If the Bolshevik Revolution is the most significant political event of the 20th century, then Lenin must for good or bad be regarded as the century’s most important political leader. He is a very good thinker, scholar, and statesman. After he died Stalin just said, hey since there is no one else running for leader I'll just jump in.
