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Russian TimeLine
Timeline
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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." |