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Decembrist Revolt
Russian army officers led about 3000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas's assumption off the throne. -
czar Alexander II emancipates serfs
In 1861, czar Alexander II spoke before the gentry of Moscow and asked them to consider emancipation of them serfs, adding that it would be better to begin the abolish serfdom from above rather than wait for a rising form below. -
Nicholas II becomes czar
Nicholas II inherited the throne when his father died of kidney disease. He stated, " I am not prepared to be a czar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling." -
Nicholas II abdicates russian throne
Nicholas was niether trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the era desperate to change. He was associated with Rasputin. -
Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The main two branches of Russian socialism, Bolsheviks are communists (red), led by lenin, "land, peace, bread", peasant support. Mensheviks are white, upper and middle classes, and supports of provivioinal or czarist russia. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese war was known as the first great war of the 20th centry. it grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the russian empire and the empire of japan. -
Bloody Sunday
protestors and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British army ordered by Nicholas II. -
Revolution of 1905
the revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the russian empire. Some of it was direct empire while some of it was undirect. -
WWI
Global War centred in Europe. Over 9 million combats and 7 million civilians died in result. WWI lasted four years and three months. -
March Revolution
The emperor was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaced by a provivional government. Then in the second revolution the provisional governm ent was removed and replaced with a bolshevik (communist) government. -
Vladimir Lenin and the bolsheviks captures the winter palaca
Lenin ordered an assault on the winter palace and was surprised that the defenders of the palace gave up with little resistance. -
Alexander Kerensky becomes leader
Kerensky served as minister of justice in the democratic russian provisional government. In july he became the second primeminister until it was overthrown by the bolsheviks. -
Russian civil war
The russian civil war was a multi-party war in the former russian empire foughtbetween the bolshevik red army and the white army the mensheviks. -
Nicholas II and family dies
Nicholas II and his family were forced to believe that they were taking a family picture and were then executed and buried in a unknown spot without any further word to anyone of Russia. -
Lenin dies and Stalin becomes leader
in 1924 the death of vladimir lenin through surpressing lenin's criticism and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition.
