Russia Timeline
Russian Revolution Timeline
Identify historically significant events in Russia’s history from 1880-1917 on the timeline. Specifically, choose events that are relevant to the political and economic development of Russia during this period. Your timeline should include a minimum of 15 events over this time period.
Plot each event to indicate when they occurred, but also decide to what extent each event was moving Russia toward modernization and stability, or whether the event was moving Russia toward REVOLUTION.
For each event, provide a 1-2 sentence justification to explain why you placed it in a certain location on the peace-war axis. Your justification should indicate an understanding of how this event played a role in Russia’s political, social or economic development over this period.
When finished, use the timeline to consider how Russia was changing over this period, and assess whether Revolution would have been likely without the First World War?
15 Events
1. 1 March 1898, The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party (RSLDP) holds its first Party Congress
2.30 June 1901, Socialist Revolutionary Party is founded
3. 17 November 1917, RSLDP splits into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
4. 8 February 1904, Russo- Japanese War begins
5.3 January 1905, Workers Strike in St, Petersburg
6. 9 January 1905, Bloody Sunday
7. 28 May 1905, First Soviet is formed during a textile strike
8. 14 June 1905, Mutiny of the Potkemin
9. 5 September 1905, End of Russo-Japanese war, Russia end up as losers
10.23 April 1906, First Duma called, but it was dissolved about 3 months later
11. 30 July 1914, Russia mobilizes army to defend Serbia from AH
12. 1 August 1914, Germany declares war on Russia
13. 2 May-19 September 1915, Germany takes over significant Russian land
14. 23-27 February 1917, February Revolution: After a series of strikes demanding the end of autocracy and the pulling out of WWI, soldiers join the protesters, Petrograd Soviet founded
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Identify historically significant events in Russia’s history from 1880-1917 on the timeline. Specifically, choose events that are relevant to the political and economic development of Russia during this period. Your timeline should include a minimum of 15 events over this time period.
Plot each event to indicate when they occurred, but also decide to what extent each event was moving Russia toward modernization and stability, or whether the event was moving Russia toward REVOLUTION.
For each event, provide a 1-2 sentence justification to explain why you placed it in a certain location on the peace-war axis. Your justification should indicate an understanding of how this event played a role in Russia’s political, social or economic development over this period.
When finished, use the timeline to consider how Russia was changing over this period, and assess whether Revolution would have been likely without the First World War?
15 Events
1. 1 March 1898, The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party (RSLDP) holds its first Party Congress
2.30 June 1901, Socialist Revolutionary Party is founded
3. 17 November 1917, RSLDP splits into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
4. 8 February 1904, Russo- Japanese War begins
5.3 January 1905, Workers Strike in St, Petersburg
6. 9 January 1905, Bloody Sunday
7. 28 May 1905, First Soviet is formed during a textile strike
8. 14 June 1905, Mutiny of the Potkemin
9. 5 September 1905, End of Russo-Japanese war, Russia end up as losers
10.23 April 1906, First Duma called, but it was dissolved about 3 months later
11. 30 July 1914, Russia mobilizes army to defend Serbia from AH
12. 1 August 1914, Germany declares war on Russia
13. 2 May-19 September 1915, Germany takes over significant Russian land
14. 23-27 February 1917, February Revolution: After a series of strikes demanding the end of autocracy and the pulling out of WWI, soldiers join the protesters, Petrograd Soviet founded
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