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Decembrist Revolt
-3000 soldiers went on a protest against Nicolas I after he took the throne when his brother resided
-They were called the Decemberists because of the time the protest took place in
-Even though the protesters initally failed, they did bring some change to the empire. Also many of the Decemberists were executed
-This was the event thought to set of a chain reaction of revolutions in Russia -
Emancipation of the Serfs
-Meant that serfs had basic rights. Serfs now were allowed to have full rights as free citizens, could marry without the usual consent, own property, and even own bussinesses
-Peasants were allowed to buy land from the landlords now
-The outcomes took awhile to become useful. Most serfs were free, but now had no land.
-The state owned serfs took an extra five years, but they recieved better and larger amounts of land -
Bloody Sunday
-Peaceful, unarmed demonstraters went to protest Nicolas II in St. Petersburg, and they were massacred by the Imperial Guard
-The event triggered problems for the Tsar, and in return people lost respect for the state
-The protesters were workers and their families, and they were singing religious hyms
-96 killed, 333 injured -
Revolution of 1905
-Showed the anger rising in the Russian people
-Civil unrest toward the government began with strikes from workers, terrorism, and military issues
-The constitution of 1906 was established because of these events as well as a new multi-party system -
Russia Enters WWI
-Entered as the largest army in the world as 5 million strong
-Could not arm all of their soldiers
-Germany declared war on them after they mobilized
-Suffered tremendous losses that included 4 million prisioners taken, and 2.5 million killed in war -
Rasputin Murdered
-Rasputin was a man who helped the royal family with healing and predictions. He was seen as a scoundral from the royal family, as well as the peasants
-Members of the aristocracy decided to save the monarchy by killing him one night, but killing him turned out to be a job in itself
-The man was found to have died from water in his lungs, after he lived after being shot three times, and posioned to a very great extent -
March Revolution
-90,000 textile workers went on strike during the war because they were angry about a shortage of food and fuel
-Just by the end of the week there were 400,000 protesters
-This revolution was when the Tsar and his family was captured and then eventually executed -
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
-Signified the end of his rule
-He left his nation in ruins in terms of the economy and the military
-People disliked him for entering the world war, and it led to his downfall only three years later -
Bolshevik Revolution
-Was a response because peasants were upset at the huge World War I losses and deaths of so many peasants due to the government
-The revolution was lead by Lenin
-Also known as the October Revolution which is responsible for the founding of the USSR -
Murder of the Romanovs
-The Romanov family was killed in St. Petersburg due the the revolution and civil war that was occuring
-They had to be killed because they were still the technical rulers of Russia, and people were still going to rally for them
-3 servents, the family doctor, and the entire family were killed by bullets and bayonets. Some people believe the two youngest children of the family escaped somehow and lived from the execution -
Treaty of Versailles
-The "Big Three" created the treaty and those nations included America, France, and Britian
-The treaty created the League of nations
-Germany lost much of it's military, and Western Germany wasn't allowed to have military at all. -
Stalin Takes Power/Death of Trotsky
-Took the power after Lenin died in 1924, but did not have total power
-Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev were the other thirds of the power train
-He was able to discard the other powers in 1929 so he was able to take over -
Lenin Dies/USSR formed
-Lenin was killed from natural causes (a stroke)
-December 30, 1922 was the day the USSR was established
-Stalin was the person to take over power next
