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March 3, 1861 Tsar Alexander II Passes The Emancipation Edict

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March 3, 1861 Tsar Alexander II Passes The Emancipation Edict

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Tsar Alexander II passes the emancipation edict. This manifesto accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the Russian Empire (a serf was another term for peasants). They gained free rights such as rights to marry without permission, to own property, and to own a business.

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March 12, 1881 Tsar Alexander II is Assassinated

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March 12, 1881 Tsar Alexander II is Assassinated

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Tsar was murdered by a member of the Peoples Will group, they had thrown a bomb at him in the streets of St. Petersburg. The Peoples Will group didn't agree with the tsarist ruling in russia, they had murdered officials and made many attempts before succeeding on the tsar. They didn't agree with how he turned repressive when challenged and opposed movements for political reform. After his death his assassins were arrested and hung and the Peoples Will group was forbidden.

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It was a coronation for Nicholas II but was followed by some tragic mistakes. The crowd heard there wasn't enough beer or pretzels for the large crowd. There was a crowd of over 400,000 people and they all expected a gift. A police force of 1800 men failed to maintain civil order and a crowd crush occured.

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Bloody Sunday was a massacre in St. petersburg, Russia. It was a massacre of peaceful protesters marking the beginning of the violent phase in the Russian Revolution.

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August 1, 1914 Germany Declares War On Russia

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August 1, 1914 Germany Declares War On Russia

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Serbia declared war on Austria- Hungary. Russia started preparing because they were an ally of Serbia. Germany ( ally of Austria- Hungary) demanded Russia to stop preparing, when Russia had refused this demand Germany declared war.

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After many failed attempts, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin is murdered. He was assassinated by Russian nobles, their motive was to end his high influence on the royal family.

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A series of protests were outgoing in Petrograd. It lead to the abolition of the monarchy in Russia. The total number of deaths between the crowd and police were around 1300.

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He abdicates and removes his son from succession. The following day his brother announced his refusal to accept the throne. The provisional government was then put in to replace the tsarist government.

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The leader of the october revolution and founder of the Soviet union (Lenin) dies. Stalin then emerged as a party leader, rival Leon Trotsky was dismissed then later exiled. Lenin's cause of death was a disease of the blood vessels and he passed away at age 53.

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British Library, https://www.bl.uk/people/leon-trotsky.

British Library, https://www.bl.uk/russian-revolution/articles/timeline-of-the-russian-revolution.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/.