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on May 26 1894 nicholas the II became the czar of russia in moscow after his father died. At the time russia was far behind in the industrial revolution. Nicholas II wanted an autocratic rule and this was

history.com-Czar Nicholas II crowned.pdf

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the russo-japanese war happened in january 1905. the importance of the russo-japanese war is that Russia lost all of its sphere of influence in china. also the russo-japanese was one of the main reasons for the russian revolution.

Russo-Japanese War Reading

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on January 9, 1905 Russian workers went to Nicholas II's winter palace and demanded he protect them from the factory owners who under pay them and treat them poorly. but then suddenly the soldiers opened fire on the crowed of people and killed hundreds or thousands. the significance of this event is that the people never trusted the czar again after this event and was one of the main reasons for the russian revolution

history.com-Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia.pdf

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The Duma was a constitutional group that wanted a representative government and Nicholas would stay Czar but he would lose some power. Nicholas loathed the idea and abolished the Duma very quickly. This caused more people to go against the Czar, and was another strike against him.

history.com-Czar Nicholas II crowned.pdf

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Initially Russia was happy about entering the war but very quickly after they entered it was lots of heartbreaking defeats. Nicholas was the commander and chief of the Russian army, because of this all of the shame and defeat was associated with the Czar. Significance - The significance of this was that at this point of the failure and loss was all the Czar fault and he wasn't a good leader.

Russian Rev. Video

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This event happened in 1917.With Nicholas II away at war the guards at
st. Petersburg started to abandoned their posts. and riots began to start all over the country until it forced Nicholas to advocate the throne.

Illustrated Timeline Russian Rev.pdf

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Czar was forced to abdicate the throne when after the February/March revolution.   He was constantly moved from palace to palace and was eventually killed due to rumors that he was going to be rescued. After his death the power went to the representative .Significance - the reason this is important is because that now the whole government of Russia was dead and every heir to the throne was dead killing any chance of remaking it.

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The October revolution happened in October 1917. in this event is was mainly the reds VS the whites. the reds are pro Communism and the whites are pro capitalist.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the reds. early in the war he was exiled out of russia and into the west because he was seen as a threat to the czar. he got help form germany to get back into russia.

Illustrated Timeline Russian Rev.pdf