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Russo- Japanese War
The Russo- Japanese War occured because of the rival imperial ambitions the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Revolution of 1905
Revolution of 1905 was a massive wave of political and social unrest that spreaded through the vast areas of the Russian Empire, some were mostly directed at the government. -
World War 1
World War 1 which was also known as "First World War" or the "Great War" was a global war that began in Europe. -
February Revolution
The February Revolution began on March 8, 1917 when demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd. -
Provisional Government established
Czar Nicholas ll abdicates and includes his son. The following day Nicholas brother Mikhali announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional government was established. -
October Revolution
Then, on November 6 and 7, 1917 leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’etat against the provisional government. -
Council of People's Commissars
Council of People's Commissars was a government institution formed shortly after the October revolution. -
Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War
The Allied intervention was a multi-national military expedition launched during the Russian Civil war in 1918 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent Germany from invasions, Russia sacrificed a quarter of land in order for this treaty to become official. -
Russia Leaves WW1
Russia leaves World War 1 because they signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk so the debating could end. -
Conflicts with Tsar
The Tsar knows nothing about running an army and his wife knows anything about running a country. -
Czar Killed
The Bolsheviks took Czar and his family members into custody than later on killed them at Yekaterinburg. -
Communist Conflict
Civil War in Russia- COmmunists fight againt people who were opposed to them. -
The Whites
The counter revolutionaries began to recruit their own group which were known as the Whites. -
The Red Army
Trotsky set up the Red Army and began preparing them to go under combat with the Whites. -
The Reds Victory
The Communists win the chivil wars that was fought against the group that was known as the Whites. -
Kronstadt Rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion was a major unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks in March 1921, during the later years of the Russian Civil War. -
Rise of Communism
The country was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolsheviks where then known as the Communist Party. -
Treaty of Rapallo
Treaty of Rapallo allowed Russia to obtain industrial manufactoring technology from the Germans, and allowed the Geramns to train and receive weapons from the Russians. -
Lenin Dies
Lenin Dies and government power is debated by Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. -
Trotsky vs. Stalin
After Lenin's death a raging power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stlain ensued. During this power struggle two factions formed in the communist party; left wing led by Trotsky which wanted to spread the revolution across the world, the moderaters led by Stalin. -
Great Purge
Campaign of terror that was directed to anyone who threatened Staflin's power. -
Soviet Invasion of Poland
Promptly after the NAzi invasion of Poland on September 1st the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. This was outlined in the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. -
Great Patriotic War
The Great Patriotic War is used in Russia and other former republics of the Soviet Union to describe June 22, 1941 through May 9, 1945. -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war ub the former Russian Empire immediately right after the Russian Revolution of 1917, as many factors were seeking the future power of Russia.
