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The Decembrists Revolt
A small group of nobel and army officers attempted to over throw Nicholas the first. The revolters wanted to set up a constitutional monarchy. Although the czar killed five of the officers and exiled many others to Siberia. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Serfs were like slaves to the nobles in Russia. But when Alexander emancipated the serfs terrorists broke loose and assasinated him. -
Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia
Nicholas became czar when his father. He didn't really want to be the czar. -
The Social-Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
Lenin wanted to have a strict group of people that would listen to everything he would say. He wanted them to do what he wanted perfectly. So in order to do that he had to sepreate the group. -
Bloody Sunday
This happened when Nicholas the second was czar. Workers were peacefully protesting for better work conditions and political freedoms. But then Nicholas sent in the army to breakup the protest and kill some of the protesters -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was obviously between Russia and Japan. The war later became hard for both countries because they all were losing men and money quickly. The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the war. -
The revolution of 1905
The revoltuion inclueds Bloody Sunday, when the peasents tried to create uprisings during the Russo-Japenese War, and finally it was when the peasents and people were wanting more rights like the right of speech and vote. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia Fought mostly against Germany in World War 1. Durring this war Russia lost. And about every three soldiers there was one rifle. -
The March Revolution
The March Revoltuion was when Nicholas the Second sent out his army to end a pretest but they joined instead. This is the begining of Nicholas being kicked of the throne -
Czar Nicholas the second abdicates the throne
Czar Nicholas the second was forced to abdicate his throne because his army had turned against him. So in Petrogrand when he told her army to stop the protesting, they joined in. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government
Alexander had little power. Although he did have Lenin aressted because he feared he would over take him. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks capture the Winter Palace
During the RUssian Civil War the Bolsheviks tried to caoture the winter palace. Eventually they did but it was hard and took a long time. -
The Russian Civil War begins
The cicil war was fought between the Bolsheviks red army and the white army. The bolsheviks were communists so America helped the white army more. In the end the Bolsheviks won
