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Russian TimeLine
Timeline
Question | Answer |
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1. 1881 | Revolutionaries become angry over slow pace of political change so they assassinated reform minded czar, Alexander II |
2. 1881 | Alexander III becomes the new czar. Alexander II halted all reforms in Russia. Nicholas I and Alexander III clung to autocracy |
1894 | Nicholas II becomes czar and continues the autocracy |
1863-1900 | Factories double |
1890's | Nicholas II the most capable minister launches a program to move things foward |
1900 | Russia becomes the fourth largest steel producing country |
1891-1916 | Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway |
1903 | Russian Marxist split the Democratic party into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks |
Late 1800s, Feb 1904 | Russo-Japanese War |
January 22, 1905 | Bloody Sunday |
October 1905 | Nicholas II gives some freedom |
May 1906 | Duma asks the government to be a monarchy like Britain's however after 10 weeks the Duma diminishes |
1914 | Nicholas II drags Russia into WWI |
1915 | Nicholas II moves headquarters to war front |
1916 | Murder of Rasputin |
March 1917 | Woman textile workers in Petrograd lead a citywide strike |
Early 1900 | Lenin leaves to escape arrest |
April 1917 | Lenin comes back to Russia |
Autumn 1917 | People start rallying the call, " All power to the soviets." |