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Decembrist Revolt
Small groups of nobles and army officers tried to overthrow government. The officers executed 5 leaders and 100 more exiled to siberia. -
Nicholas II becomes czar
Czar Nicholas II was a family man and not a really good ruler. He got the name Bloody Nicholas because they had a protest and Nicholas ordered his gurards to shoot them. -
Russian War with Japan
Russians refected Japans idea of splitting Korea. Russia got defeated 3 times and was done. They gave up on trying to stop Japan this, then led right into the Russian revolution. -
Bloody Sunday
Racial Preist marched with others to the Palace to get demands. Nicholas's army opened fire and killed most of them. This led tensions for decades and led to wars. -
Russia entering WW1
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Czar Nicholas ll Abdicates the Throne
Czar Nicholas is forced to abdicate the throne at the petrograd iinsurgents. He was crowned on May 26, 1984 Nicholas abdicated and he was going to be reserved. Nicholas was then taken to Yektaerinburg and killed. -
March Revolution
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Russian Civil War
The Bolsheviks had siezed power. The Bolsheviks were red and the Mensheviks were white. Social Revolutionsaries ejected from the Assembly and more than 6 million people die. -
Creation of the USSR
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Lenins Death
At age 54 Vladimir Lenin dies due to brain hemorrhage. Lenin's body was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum. Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor.
