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Nicholas II Becomes Czar Of Russia
Nicholas' father, Alexander III, was egregiously ill by the fall of 1894. At the time, he summoned his son, Nicholas, and his wife, Alix, to the grand palace in Livadia. As soon as he died, Nicholas was named the new emperor of Russia, and the last. -
Russia Loses War With Japan
Before WWI, japan was in a war with Russia, which lasted from 1904 to 1905. This war was fought over the land that Russia owned in Korea and Manchuria, following a surprise naval attack on Russia by the japanese after the rejection of a treaty that would split the land between them. -
Dissatisfied Workers Organize Strike
These strikes were part of the Bloody Sunday Revolution of 1905, and a large part of the constitutional reform achieved by these revolts. It was a direct cause of the formation of the multi-party system in Russia, and other reforms. -
Revolution of 1905- Bloody Sunday
This revolution in 1905 led to constitutional reform and other changes in government, for a while placating some of the revolutionaries. This revolution entailed things like worker strikes, military mutinies, and general peasant unrest. -
Russia enters WWI
Russia, perceiving Germany as the biggest threat of the war, elects to join the Alliance in the War. -
Revolutionary Movement Compete For Power
Several movements throughout this year compete for control over Russia. These parties, like the bolsheviks and other revolutionaries, form and reform to become the parties that would rule and overthrow government throughout the time of the revolution and the civil war. -
The March Revolution
In March, growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into open revolt, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates The Throne
Czar Nicholas II leaves his rule of Russia, the last Czar. This was caused by the revolution earlier in the month that forced him out, and the revolutionaries to get a new government. -
Centuries of Autocratic Rule by the Czars
Russian czars(emperors) were the rulers of Russia, passing the title down through father and son, which began in the year 862 and ended in the year 1917. -
Provisional Government In Russia.
Provisional government was established in Russia almost immediately following Czar Nicholas' abdication of the throne. This government was organized to use several elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly. This government abolished the capital punishment, restored the constitution of Finland, and declared the independence of Poland. -
Bolshevik Revolution Topples Provisional Government
The Bolshevik party, the one that led this revolution, were led by the marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was exiled by the monarchy, but returned to russia to incite rebellion. He was exiled again after, when Bolshevik demonstrations went violent, but was back in Russia again in October. -
Vladimir Lenin Returns to Russia
Vladimir Lenin, a marxist revolutionary, leader of the bolshevik party that overthrew the provisional government, returns to russia to seed revolution and a new government. -
The Civil War Between the Red and White Armies
In November of 1917, a civil war began between the two armies of russia, the Red (Bolsheviks and militia) and the White (anti marxist and anti revolutionaries), that would split it apart until the end of the next month. -
Bolsheviks Change Their Name To The Communist Party
The bolsheviks, a major revolutionary party in Russia, change their name to the Communist party, after the communist dream of Karl Marx, replacing the former provisional government with their new communist ideas. -
Treaty of Brest-Livosk Ends Russian Involvement In WWI
This treaty ends the participation of russian armies in WWI, and their aid that they had provided to the allies in the war. -
Lenin Establishes The NEP
The NEP, or New Economic Policy, was established by Vladimir Lenin in 1921. After the war of the Red and White Armies, the economy of Russia was almost ruined. To fix this, Lenin proposed the NEP, a capitalism-like policy that was deemed necessary after the chaos of their revolutions to rebuild their country and their economy. -
Russia Is Organized Into Several Self-Governing Republics
Russia was divided into several self-governing republics, among which are the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and others like them. -
Lenin Suffers Third Stroke.
Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Bolsheviks and the Russian Communist party, suffers a third stroke. -
Stalin Becomes Dictator
Joseph Stalin becomes the dictator controlling the USSR. Under Stalin, the USSR became a large industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled his country through fear and millions of his subjects were killed during his terrible reign of brutality.
