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February, 1904
The Russo-Japanese War
Russia had faced some crises that showed the czar’s weakness which lead to not only revolution but to the Russo-Japanese War. Russia and Japan competed for the control of Korea and Manchuria. They made many agreements for the territory but Russia broke them. Japan then attacked Arthur, Manchuria and this lead to unrest at homes. -
January 22, 1905
On this day, January 22, 1905 about 200,000 workers and their families, carrying a petition asking for better working conditions, personal freedom and an elected national legislature, approached czar’s winter palace in St. Petersburg. Nicholas II’s generals ordered the soldiers to fire at the crowd. More than 1000 were were wounded and several hundred killed. That day has been called “Bloody Sunday” since. -
May, 1906
Russia’s First Parliament
The first Duma met and the leaders wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy like Britain. But Duma dissolved after ten weeks. -
August, 1914
This marks the time that Nicholas II decided to enter Russian into WW1. This was not wise because they were not prepared for the military or economic costs. They had a week army which was no match for the Germans. -
March, 1917
The March Revolution
Women worked as textile workers which led to a citywide strike. Riots flared up because there was a shortage of bread and fuel. -
November, 1917
The Provisional Government Topples in November 1917, armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd without warning. Calling themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards, they took over government offices and arrested the leaders of the provisional government. -
March, 1918
The Treaty of Brest- Litovsk was signed by Russia and Germany. The treaty was to to have Russia surrender a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. -
October, 1920
Leon commanded the Bolshevik Red Army -
March, 1921
New Economic Policy in March of 1921, Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state-controlled economy. Instead he resorted to a small- scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy (NEP). -
December, 1922
Russia was now called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Russia also gets a new dictator Joseph Stalin.