Russian revolution
At the start of the 20th century, the Russian Empire was the largest empire in the world. However, it was also a place that was known for being undeveloped and a primitive, due to the fact that it was untouched by the Industrial Revolution and the social improvements that affected Europe greatly in the previous century.
After losing the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's economy became really bad. As a result, the workers and their family became demonstrator and marched to St. Petersburg to present a petition to the Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. However, what the people got were the firing from the soldiers of the Imperial Guard. Just on this day more than 500 people died and thousands were injured. The events that happened on this day, January 22, 1905 was called the Bloody Sunday. The Bloody Sunday resulted the people to not trust the Tsar anymore and was one of the key events that led to the Russian Revolution.
When World War I started, Russia's Tsar Nicholas II decided to get involved in the war right away. This was because the victory in the war would let them advance to the Balkans, which was their dream. However, despite putting large amount of money on military and equipments, Russia kept losing fights and therefore the starving people were protesting everywhere. Coming to 1917, there were even more protests and even the Tsar's soldiers couldn't fight them. Eventually, on March 15th, Nicholas II abdicated his throne and the Russian Provisional Government took place. This event was called the February Revolution.
On the same year, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin claimed that the soviets represented by the soldiers, workers, and farmers should be the ones that have the power and overthrew the Provisional Government. On November, the world's first socialist state, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was established. This event was called the October Revolution.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was finally established . It composed of 15 republics including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Until 1991, the Soviet Union played a lot of roles in the modern world, as a center of a communist country along with the capitalist United States.
After losing the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's economy became really bad. As a result, the workers and their family became demonstrator and marched to St. Petersburg to present a petition to the Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. However, what the people got were the firing from the soldiers of the Imperial Guard. Just on this day more than 500 people died and thousands were injured. The events that happened on this day, January 22, 1905 was called the Bloody Sunday. The Bloody Sunday resulted the people to not trust the Tsar anymore and was one of the key events that led to the Russian Revolution.
When World War I started, Russia's Tsar Nicholas II decided to get involved in the war right away. This was because the victory in the war would let them advance to the Balkans, which was their dream. However, despite putting large amount of money on military and equipments, Russia kept losing fights and therefore the starving people were protesting everywhere. Coming to 1917, there were even more protests and even the Tsar's soldiers couldn't fight them. Eventually, on March 15th, Nicholas II abdicated his throne and the Russian Provisional Government took place. This event was called the February Revolution.
On the same year, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin claimed that the soviets represented by the soldiers, workers, and farmers should be the ones that have the power and overthrew the Provisional Government. On November, the world's first socialist state, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was established. This event was called the October Revolution.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was finally established . It composed of 15 republics including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Until 1991, the Soviet Union played a lot of roles in the modern world, as a center of a communist country along with the capitalist United States.