1. The first key event of the revolution was Alexander III’s death. With him dead, Nicholas II had to take over and run a country. Nicholas did not want to run the country. For example, without thinking, during the first World War he went to work on the front, leaving his wife Alexandra to run the country.

2. The next major events happened within a few years of each other. The two famines left the country in shatters. Although the second famine happened after Alexander III’s death, the were still blamed on him. After the second famine, the peasants were disgusted with the tsar and destroyed the nobility’s belongings to get revenge. The peasants were angry since they couldn’t grow enough food in the first place. This was because the plots were too small and the government was taking the best of the crops that did grow. The amount of land the peasants owned was calle dland reform. This means that the peasants own their own land and decide what they want to grow.

3. Only one language, religion and set of beliefs were allowed in Russia. The Russians were forced to learn the Russian language and the practices of the Orthodox Church. All political activities outside of the normal government was banned. If any such political meetings occured, the people involved were exiled to Siberia. An example of this was Lenin’s exile.

4. The peasants were being taxed to death, literally. It left them starving and deeper in debt than when they started. The promises Nicholas II made he couldn’t and didn’t keep. He promised to increase freedom, but freedom couldn’t pa their taxes, and they would have to borrow money. The taxes were used to pay the arm and to help develop more of an economy. Nicholas II made promises of speech, language and religion, but to no avail.

5. Blood Sunday left many dead, even though the event was meant to be quiet and to make peace with the tsar. The proof of this is that the marchers were singing beautiful hymns to the winter palace. The marchers hoped that their "little father" would grant them reforms to easier daily life. The guardsd at the winter palace began to shoot at the front line of the 150 000 peace-makers. Thousands were killed. This upset all people, even though the hsooting had not taken place at Nicholas II’s word.
 
 

6. World War I was the last straw. 15 million were sent to fight for the tsar. The fighters did not understand why they were fighting for someone they already were beginning to dislike. The deaths were plentiful, but the food and other supplies were not.