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Decembrist Revolt
This was a revolt of military officials against tsar Nicholas I. They believed that he was not fit to have the thrown, his brother should. Since his brother married a Polish women, he could not be tsar of Russia. The officials also wanted a free government,and not to be ruled by the tsar. Nicholas put cencorship throughout the country and locked down any thoughts of liberalism. -
Emancipatino of the serfs
In 1855, 50-50 million of the population were serfs. They were treated inhumanely almost daily. Alexander II created a committee in 1857 to figure out ways to end the system of serfs. By 1861, a law was passed, but the serfs could still not own land. -
Bloody Sunday
This was a masacre at St. Petersburg where workers were joining together to form unions. The Russians did not like this, and even though it was a peaceful protest, blood was spread everywhere. The Grand Duke Vladamir was the one who orderd his police to attack the protesters. -
Revolution of 1905
Russian workers worked for an average of 11 hours a day. There were many protests and killings until in St. Petersburg, Trotsky and many of his leaders were arrested and change was put into place. -
Russia Enters WWI
There were over 15 million soliders that participated in the war for Russia. The Russians entered WWI because their allys were under attack. Germany declared was on the Russians when they mobilized their troops. -
Raputin Murdered
This man was seen as bad for Russia and people did not understand his strange ways. He is the only one who could stop the czar's son's bleeding. On the night that he was killed, they tried to poisin him, shoot him, stab him and throw him in the river. He died of drowning. The main reason for his death was no one wanted a peasant in the position he had with the czar, his main advisor. -
Bolshevic Revolution
In 1917, a party was formed and promised to do better than the czars. This did not happen, and put Russia in a worse position. V. I. Lenin was the leader after he returned from exile in 1917. -
March Revolution
During the war, there was a lack of suppllies for the people of Russia. There was also a call for the government to be more democratic. The people of Russia were not happy and revolted against Russia. There were strikes and riots all leading to the tsar losing some control of power. -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
The people of Russia during the first World War grew distraught. There wasn't any food and the tsar was forced to abdicate. His family was shot and taken to be burned in the forest. Russia had no leader in charge and there was turmoil in the state. -
Murder of the Romanovs
The Romanov family was murdered in Ekateringburg. There is a lot of speculation on how many were killed. They found nine out of eleven bodies and a women claimed to be Anastasia. This was later proven wrong though. The murders were for a power struggle and the Romanovs were in the way. There are many theories on how and why, but there is still no definite answer. -
Treaty Of Versailles
During WWI, 1,700,000 soliders were killed. Russia was not allowed to participate in the League Of Nations because the west was feared of their communist government. Russia also lost the land we know today as Poland, with really no say due to the Bolshevik party's weakened power. -
Lenin dies/ USSR Reformed
After Lenin died, Stalin took over and put many reforms into place. He wanted to revolutionize industry. He took away land from rich farmers and created state farms. If anyone was against his reforms, they usually were shot. Although he tried to improve Russia, many people still were starving. -
Stalin Takes Power
Lenin died in 1924 and Trotsky was the next in line to take control of the country. Stalin manipulated the will to put himself in power. It helped that Trotsky was unpopular by most in Russia. In 1924, Stalin became dictator of Russia.