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Russia Industrializes
With the help of foreign investors and raising taxes, Russia's industry grew. Russia became the 4th ranking steel producer and built the Trans-Siberian Railway. Starting as a small scale industrial nation and doubling the number of factories in 37 years, Russia's industry revolutionized right along side the country itself. -
Revolutionaries Emerge
The Marxist (Karl Marx pictured) revolutionaries emerged and wanted the industrial workers to overthrow the czar. From the Marxists split cam the radical Bolsheviks. Lenin was an important leader of this party, which started his rise to power in the revolution. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia and Japan both wanted control over Korea and Manchuria, so they signed an agreement. Russia broke the agreement, so Japan attacked Russia. This loss lowered the confidence of Russian people towards their country, and sparked a revolution. -
Bloody Sunday (Revolution of 1905)
At the czar's Winter Palace more than 200,000 workers and their families petitioned for better working conditions and freedoms. Nicholas II's generals killed hundreds of them and injured over a thousand. This event aroused many other strikes and violence in Russia with revolutionary ideas. -
Russia Enters WWI
Nicholas II decided to enter the war, but Russia was unprepared and ultimately very weak. Russia endured many defeats, and were no match to German machine guns and technology. This event proved to Russia that the Czarist rule was weak. -
The March Revolution
(Events in 1917 keep moving around. The correct order is the March Revolution, Lenin returns, Provisional Gov ends)
In Petrograd, working women led a large strike which provoked many riots in the next 5 days. Czar Nicholas II resigned in response, and a Provisional government was set up. Radical revolutionaries in Russia formed Soviets, which paved the way for a complete revolution. -
Lenin Returns- The Bolshevik Revolution
Germans helped Lenin escape exile to hurt Russia. Lenin came to power and controlled factories and farms. Since Stalin surrendered land to Germany, Russians were angered. -
Provisional Government Ends- Bolsheviks Take Power
Armed factory workers stormed Winter Palace and took over. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards and they arrested government officials. This effected the revolution because there was a change of power. -
Russian Civil War
The Bolshevik "Red" army fought the "White" army who was all of those who opposed Lenin and the Bolsheviks. Approximately 14 million Russians died in fighting or the famine, and the Red army won. This showed the russians that the Bolsheviks were powerful, which means they would be hard to defeat in the long run. -
New Economy and Political Reforms
The New Economic Policy, or NEP, was put in place and allowed small-scale factories, farms, and businesses to be privately owned. Now, the government encouraged foreign investment, which is different than before. Overall, this was a good change for the country and a big step towards recovery. -
Stalin Becomes Dictator
