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Reign of Czar Alexander III
Alexander’s political ideal was a nation containing only one nationality, one language, one religion, and one form of administration. He targeted the jew population. Sig: Set stage for Russian people that were unhappy with Czar -
Reign of Czar Nicholas II
Nicholas continued the tradition of Russian autocracy. This resulted in creating no change in conditions. Sig: He was disliked because he wanted to rule the Russian monarchy and he ignored Russian problems -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan competed for control of Korea and Manchuria. Both signed agreements, but Russia broke them. So Japan attacked the Russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. Sig: Led to the Russian Revolution. People blamed the Czar -
Establishment of the Duma
Duma was established by Tsar Nicholas II in his October Manifesto which promised that it would be a representative assembly and that its approval would be necessary for the enactment of legislation. Sig: follows R-j war + Bloody sunday. To improve the Czars reputation -
Bloody Sunday
People carried a petition asking for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas's generals ordered soldiers to attack the crowd. 1,000+ were wounded and hundreds dead. Sig: Provoked a wave of strikes and violence that spread across the country -
Russia's participation in WW1
Russia was unprepared economically for this war. They had weak troops going against overpowered Germany. 4 million Russian troops had been killed or wounded. Sig: revealed weakness of czarist rule and military leadership -
Death of Rasputin
Alexandra gave permission to Rasputin to make political decisions. A group of nobles murdered Rasputin because they feared his increasing role in government affairs. Sig: Alexandra and Nicholas could not handle taking care of these enormous problems -
Abdication of Czar Nicholas II
Local protest lead to a general uprising resulting in Czar Nicholas to be abdicated from his throne. Then, Nicholas and his family were executed. Sig: A weak provisional government was set up to replace Nicholas's regime -
Bolshevik Revolution
Overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks to power. Sig: Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government -
Civil War
Russia's civil war was far more deadly than previous wars. The Red Army crushed all opposition. Sig: Russia's victory showed that the Bolsheviks were able both to seize power and to maintain it -
Establishment of USSR
Union of soviet socialist republics or soviet union. Sig: self-governing republics discourage nationalism -
Lenin's Death
After, Stalin was in complete control of the Communist party. Trosky was exiled and was no longer a threat. Stalin will later become dictator of the soviet union. Sig: Stalin now stood with absolute power as a dictator -
Stalin Rises to Power
Stalin is in total command of Communist party. Has trotsky exiled in 1929-later he’ll be killed. Sig: Stalin will later become dictator of the soviet union -
Leon Trotsky's exile
Stalin could now be in absolute power. Sig: Trotsky was no longer a threat