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The Decembrist Revolt
The military had to swear allegiance to Nicholas 1 in Senate Square in St. Petersburg. Around 3,000 men began to revolt against Tsar Nicholas. -
Nicholas II becomes czar
Nicholas II is the last czar to be crowned in Ouspensky Cathedral in Moscow. -
The Russo-Japanese War
Japan launches a suprise attack on a Russian naval base in China becuase Russia rejected Japans plan to divide Manchuria and Korea into spheres. -
Bloody Sunday
Unarmed demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched in a peaceful protest. -
The March Revolution
Members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Govenment. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
In March 1917, the army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms, and Czar Nicholas was forced to abdicate. -
World War 1
Russia had the largest army coming in WW1. They had over 1.6 million soldiers and owned 360 aircraft and 16 airships. -
Russian Civil War
A conflict fought in Russia after the Revolution, between the Bolshevik Red army and the counter-revolutionary White Russians. -
The creation of the U.S.S.R
Historical document which formed the constitutional basis for the creation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics as a multinational state. -
Vladimir Lenin's Death
Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke.
