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Decembrist Revolt
Conflict of interests between Russian military liberals and the conservative tsar. This had major consequences for both of them. -
Communist Manifesto
The communist manifesto was an essential guidebook for any socialist serious about overthrowing capitalism. -
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia. -
Alexander II frees Serfs
Emancipation Manifesto proclaimed the emancipation of the serfs on private estates and of the domestic serfs. More then 20 million serfs received freedom. -
Social Democratic Party
The Social-Democratic Party held that Russia could achieve socialism only after developing a bourgeois society with an urban proletariat. -
Russia and Japan War
Nicholas II invaded Japan in Manchuria and lost. -
Revolution of 1905
Uprising that was instrumental in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. -
October Manifesto
Tsar Nicholas II is forced to accept the October Manifesto allowing for a parliament called the Duma. -
WW1
World War I begins. Russia fights on the side of the Allies. Russia invades Germany. -
Russian Revolution
The Tsarist government is overthrown. The communist Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin take control in the October Revolution. -
Brest-Litovsky Treaty
The Russians exit World War I with the Brest-Litovsky Treaty. They give up Finland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, and the Ukraine. -
Nicholas II family
Tsar Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks. The "Red Terror" begins as Lenin institutes communism. The Russian civil war erupts. -
NEP
Lenin announces his New Economic Policy. -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War comes to an end. The Soviet Union is established. Red Army against the White Army. -
Death of Lenin
Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin becomes the new leader. -
Collective Farming
The Soviet Union introduced collective farming in its constituent republics. Collective farming is a farm, or a number of farms organized as a unit, worked by a community under the supervision of the government. -
5 year plan
A list of economic goals, created by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin and based on his policy of Socialism -
The Great Purge
Stalin's Great Purge begins. Stalin eliminates any opposition and up to 20 million people are killed. This was a very tragic time for Russia. -
WW2
World War II begins. Russia invades Poland in an agreement with Germany. Millions of people died. -
Allies
Germany invades Russia. Russia joins the Allies. -
Mid WW2
The Russian army defeats the German army at the Battle of Stalingrad. This is the major turning point in World War II. -
End of WW2
World War II ends. The Soviet Union controls much of eastern Europe including Poland and East Germany. The Cold War begins. -
Atomic Bomb Detonation
The Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb. They wanted to test this bomb out, the range it covers and the damage it causes. -
Cuban Missile
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs as the Soviets place missiles in Cuba. -
Nixon
Detente begins as U.S. President Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. -
Soviet-Afghanistan War
The Soviet-Afghanistan War begins. The Soviets have little success against the Afghanistan rebels. They leave in 1989 defeated. -
Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected General Secretary. He institutes freedom of speech and openness of the government as well as a restructuring of the economy. -
Soviet Fall
The Soviet Union is dissolved. Many countries gain their independence. The country of Russia is established.