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Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
He lacked the strength of will necessary for such a task. In 1915, the czar took over command of the army. Then leaving the Czarina Alexandra in control at home. -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hundreds. -
World War I begins
The cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When he died the countries that he had for alliance fought and the other countries that caused it had there alienses fight. -
Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
People suffered food shortages just months after the outbreak of war. Factory workers and woman had to wait in line to meat and bread. By 1916 urban food shortages were even more critical. -
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
Factory workers and woman were angry over the food shortages, protested having to stand in line for bread. Within days all workers were on strike. -
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
After his exile Lenin went to Western Europe, where he continued his revolutionary activity. He had to pass through Germany to get to Western Europe. -
Russia withdraws from World War I
Russia's withdrawal from World War I. The country turned in on itself with a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Guard. -
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
They took over the Winter Palace. There was government ministers were resident. There name was Russia’s Soviets. Later on it was called Bolshevik revolution. -
Russian civil war begins
The peasants forces, called the "Greens," fought to keep their lands free of both Red and White control. -
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
They wanted to restore the monarchy, supporters of the Provisional Government and capitalist democracy.By 1922, they had defeated the Whites and the Greens and joined these republics with Russia to form the Soviet Union. -
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Fearing foreign invasion the capital was moved to moscow. -
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
Nicholas was executed. Then the press released Romanov's wife and son have been sent to a secure place. -
Russian civil war ends
The fighting was between the Red Army and the White Army.The Red Army won the civil war. After the war they became a full communist country. -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
The U.S.S.R. is a bunch of countries that came together and made a union. They established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation. They were known as the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism. -
Lenin suffers second stroke
He suffered three severe strokes. -
Lenin dies
Lenin died at the age of 53. He died after suffering three severe strokes. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates (gives up power)
After Russia was taken over Nicholas ll gave up the power. He was executed in fear that he would be rescued.
