Reign of Nicholas II and the fall of the empire (1894-1917)

1. Nicholas II becomes emperor after Alexander III dies

   Nov 1, 1894Labels: Nicholas II, Alexander III, Russian Empire

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2. Nicholas II crowned in Moscow

   May 26, 1896Labels: Nicholas II, Moscow Coronation

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3. Khodynka Field crowd crush mars coronation festivities

   May 30, 1896Labels: Khodynka Field, Coronation Tragedy

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4. Russo-Japanese War begins, exposing imperial weakness

   Feb 8, 1904Labels: Russo-Japanese War, Imperial Russia

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5. Bloody Sunday shootings ignite the 1905 Revolution

   Jan 22, 1905Labels: Bloody Sunday, St Petersburg

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6. Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin signals military unrest

   Jun 27, 1905Labels: Potemkin Mutiny, Black Sea

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7. Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War

   Sep 5, 1905Labels: Treaty of, Russo-Japanese War

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8. October Manifesto promises civil liberties and a Duma

   Oct 30, 1905Labels: October Manifesto, Nicholas II

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9. Fundamental Laws limit the new constitutional order

   Apr 23, 1906Labels: Fundamental Laws, Imperial Constitution

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10. First State Duma opens amid unresolved political conflict

    Apr 27, 1906Labels: First State, St Petersburg

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11. Stolypin decree launches agrarian (land) reforms

    Nov 22, 1906Labels: Stolypin Reforms, Pyotr Stolypin

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12. Stolypin assassinated, weakening reform and stability efforts

    Sep 18, 1911Labels: Pyotr Stolypin, Assassination

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13. Lena goldfields massacre fuels new labor radicalization

    Apr 17, 1912Labels: Lena Massacre, Siberia

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14. Germany declares war on Russia, bringing empire into World War I

    Aug 1, 1914Labels: World War, Russian Empire

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15. Rasputin murdered as elite support for monarchy frays

    Dec 30, 1916Labels: Grigory Rasputin, Imperial Court

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16. Petrograd Soviet issues Order No. 1, undermining army discipline

    Mar 14, 1917Labels: Petrograd Soviet, Order No

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17. Nicholas II abdicates during the February Revolution

    Mar 15, 1917Labels: Nicholas II, February Revolution

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18. Romanov family executed, closing the imperial chapter

    Jul 17, 1918Labels: Romanov Family, Yekaterinburg

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