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The Great Northern War
This war was of and on for 21 years, and was fought with the Sweden over a port. Peter the Great was the leader and won the port. The Sweden had a young leader and di not know how to keep the land without going into war with Russia. -
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Events Leading Up to the Russian Revolution
These are all of the events that lead to the fall of the Czars and the rise of the Soviet Union. -
The Decembrist Revolt
Nobels and Military leaders tried to over throw the Czar Nicholas. Czar found out and had five nobels killed, and had hundreds more forsed to Sibeira. He then set hard laws down for the serfs.He also sent spies to the churches to make sure the leader were not talking about anything be did not want them to talk about. -
Czar Alexander II Emancipates the Serfs
Serfs are free and could buy land. They got limited rights and freedoms. They could buy land, but most could not buy for it. The serf moved to city and got factory jobs. -
The Assassination of Alexander II
He was killed by a bomb, while he was in St. Petersburg.They were trying to get get rid of czars by doing this. They also the Czar was trying to mondernize Russia in a way they did not like. He was replaced by his son and the people who killed him were hung. -
Bloody Sunday
This was a peaceful march by the serfs and other working people. Once the Czar show this at the winter palance, he shot and kill 100 killed and 3,000 more injuried. There were 200,00 poeple came. This was a big thing for Russia because it prove how strong the people could be. -
The Revolution of 1905
This was a wave of political and social unrest. Their were strikes and many other things that went on during this time. A main part of this revolution was bloody sunday. There were many for rebellions againist the government to finish this revolution. -
The Russo-Japanese War
This was a war fought over Korea by the Russian and Japaneses. Russia lost because they could not we people and supplies to their east coast because it took two week with only one railroad track. The world was shocked that Russia lost. Only had one port on the east coast because no one lived there. -
World War I (Russian Involvement)
Russia got involved in World War One when people were rallying around where Nicholas ll. There was alot of damage done to Russia because of this war. He went with the soldier and controlled the battles and left his son and wife in chane of thing back home. Rasputin help take care of thing, but was murdered. Russia was very unprepared and not ready for war. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne
Czar was forsced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents because they join strike workers. Then he and his family were moved to the Czarskoye Selo palace. They were put in a little room and said they were taking a picture so they had the whole family their. The soldiers with guns shot the family and killed them. Then there bodies were buried in a mass grave that few people new about. -
The March Revolution
Workers wanted increase of wages by 50% or they will go on strike, and that what the workers did. Workers put riots out in Petrograd. The DUMA approved establishment of a provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky. Czar abdicated the throne, and this led to his death.
