Tsar Alexander ll was finally assassinated.

If Russia wants to remain in the game, they must industrialize.

In Japan, Nicholas ll was attacked by a Japanese policeman.

Nicholas now had to take power earlier than expected due to the fact of his father, Tsar Alexander lll, died.

Lenin had been captured and sent into exile.

This was not so unpleasant because he had his family.

The Marxists were planning on the downfall of the Russian monarchy.

Russia went to battle with Japan in 1904.

Japan's surprising success in the conflict led to the 1095 Revolution in Russia.

Bloody Sunday was a spontaneous protest that led to a bloodbath as troops shot at the protestors.

The Romanov family came into contact with a mysterious man named Rasputin.

Rasputin's presence would cause a scandal in Russia.

Rasputin was eventually killed.

Saint Petersburg was to see the beginnings of the February Revolution.

After the gunning down of Archduke Ferdinand, WW1 was about to begin.

Going into this war, the soldiers were not enthusiastic of going into war. Then the tsar took leadership over the military.

The Revolution was so bad that the Tsar had to step down from the throne.

There were now two different factions fighting for control of Russia (workers and soldiers against the ministers).

Lenin called for power to the soviets which was not in favor of the democracy.

Instead a revolutionary system where everyone who was on top would now be on the bottom.

The Civil War sparked by the Bolsheviks lasted until 1922.

The Bolshevik party grew from 20,000 people to about 1.3 million people.

The tsar and his family were captured by Bolsheviks forces, and were eventually killed.

The Bolsheviks were now victorious and the new soviet union was established.

Lenin died on January 21st, 1924.

Lastly, Joseph Stalin took over as dictator of the soviet union.