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Nicholas II crowned tsar of Russia
In May 1896 Nicholas II was crowned in the Ouspensky Cathedral which is a Orthodox church.
Nicholas married Alexandra and they had four daughters before they had a son. The son had a blood disease a the only person Alexandra could find to help her son was Rasputin. Rasputin was a scandalous and bragged openly about controlling jobs in the government and churches. Received sexual favors and encouraged false rumors that he had been sexually intimate with Alexandra. -
Russo-japanese War
The Russians were ashamed and embarrassed about the lose of the Russo-Japanese war and blamed the tsar for it. -
Bloody Sunday
On January 9 150,000 people marched to the tsar’s Winter Palace led by Father Georgy Gapon. On this Sunday the tsars guards gunned down peaceful protesters and proletariat who were opposing no threats. The Okhrana were tasked with keep track of the activities of the revolutionaries like the march on Bloody Sunday. -
The revolution of 1905
Three main vocabulary words can be used to describe the revolution of 1905. The Duma, which is one of them, is a series of assemblies that were put on by the tsar, Nicholas ll. The changes made with the duma made sure that the tsar couldn’t exclusively control politics. The October Manifesto was a big part of the revolution of 1905. A senior adviser named count White gave the tsar a list of reforms. This became known as the October Manifesto. The reforms included an expansion of liberties, a li -
March Revolution
At the beginning of the March Revolution people were suffering from food and fuel shortages because all the supplies were used for the first world war. Lots of people lost jobs and in free time started organizing demonstrations. The riots soon got out of hand and Nicholas ordered police to deal with it. This only made it worse. The Duma meet in the choas and one member named Alexander Kerensky stated that 25,000 soldiers had mutinied and were coming to support them. The people eventually forced -
October Revolution
The two socialist groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks, had the same goal but different ideas about party organization. For instance the Bolsheviks leader was Lenin. Lenin believed that it was time for a revolution and a new government. The Mensheviks believed that the revoltuion should be achieved throw the bourgeosie revolution. The October revolution lead to the overthrow of the provisional government. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovisk
The treaty of Brest-Litovisk was signed by German and Russia ending Russia’s participation in the war. -
Russian Civil War begins
The bolsheviks and their leader Lenin were the red and the royalty was the white. The white army believed in royalty and the red army wanted to get rid of royalty and form a new government. -
Russian Civil War ends
The Russian civil war is officially over on November 1920. -
USSR is formed
The USSR was formed in 1922 and composed mainly of Bolsheviks. When Lenin died, Joseph Stalin stepped in and took his place.
