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Bloody Sunday
Military and Police opened fire on a group of demonstrators near the Winter Palace, this lead to the death and injury of more than a thousand people. Many blamed Nicholas ll. -
World War One
German declares war on Russia forcing Russia into WWI, piling onto the already high tensions between the government and Russian people. -
Death of Rasputin
Grigorii Rasputin the man considered a holy man, and a close friend of Nicholas ll was assassinated after many failed attempts. -
Feburary Revolution 23 February – 3 March
A large series of protests that led to the establishment of the monarchy in Russia, during the clashes with troops 1,300 people were killed or injured. -
The Milyukov note
Pavel Milyukov the Russian foreign minister sent a telegram to the Allied Powers about Russia's continued support in the war, it leaked. -
June Offensive
Russian soldiers wouldn't leave their trenches and fight because the lack of moral caused by the Revolution. -
October Revolution
The Bolsheviks take over Petrograd and the Winter Palace, taking away the last stronghold of the Russian Provisional Government. -
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
This ended Russia's participation in WWI and with that the Bolshevik Russia lost a large amount of their population and resources. -
Red Terror
"The Red Terror" started as an assassination attempt on Lenin that led to a large number of mass arrests and executions. -
Russian Civil War In Crimea
The Russian Red army invades and seizes Crimea and the White Army was then forced to withdraw from the peninsula.
