this country became the world’s first
constitutionally socialist state welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the history of 20th
century Russia Russia opened the 20th
century ruled by nicholas ii this
violent time was marked by the Bloody
Sunday massacre of January 22nd 1905
that left hundreds killed or injured by
gunfire and the country’s eventual loss
in the russo-japanese war these
incidents along with growing public
unrest led to the 1905 Russian
Revolution in response nicholas ii
immediately created a national
legislature russia then joined World War
one after Austria declared war on its
allies Serbia food and fuel shortages
followed while inflation and casualties
rose the first strikes on st. Petersburg
hit in 1917 and eventually prompted the
February revolution the long-standing
Romanov dynasty ended when nicholas ii
was forced to resign the russians only
ended their involvement in the war when
they signed the peace treaty of
brest-litovsk in 1918 with germany
russia also conceded several territories
they had captured from the Ottoman
Empire Marxist revolutionary Vladimir
Lenin seized the opportunity and led a
group of working-class Russians known as
the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution
in 1917 they took control of the
government and formed the first
socialist state meanwhile the Russian
civil war broke out that year between
the anti-communist White Army and the
Bolshevik Red Army in the midst of this
the treaty that created the Soviet Union
was signed on December 30th 1922 this
brought several Soviet republics under
the power of the Communist Bolsheviks
led by Lenin the Soviet Union adopted
its constitution in 1924 this
established a federal system of
government controlled by the Communist
Party the birth of the USSR or the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics prompted
political economic and social changes
including free health services and the
discouragement of organized
legend the workforce grew as women were
given the right to vote and abortion was
legalized land business and industry
were also nationalized during the mid
1920s Lenin Protege Joseph Stalin seized
power and accelerated the Soviet Union’s
economic transformation in 1929 Stalin
triggered massive industrialization with
his first five-year plan the government
took control of agriculture by
introducing collective farming any
peasants who oppose this were either
sent to Siberia or slaughtered within a
decade
Russia became one of Europe’s fastest
growing countries as Hitler’s power
increased Stalin signed a non-aggression
pact with the Third Reich in 1939 the
tense peace between these powers
unraveled two years into World War two
when the German led Axis forces invaded
the USSR
however the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad
was a turning point the Germans were
soon Elstad from Leningrad and Berlin
was captured in 1945 despite these
victories the war left 30 million
Russians dead and a devastated economy
the rise of the Iron Curtain and the
onset of the Cold War increased
hostilities between Russia and the West
while the u.s. spearheaded the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization the USSR
fought for global supremacy with the
Warsaw Pact this treaty allowed for
Soviet dominance over Eastern Europe and
parts of Asia Soviet power peaked
mid-century under the leadership of men
like Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid
Brezhnev during that period the world’s
first nuclear power plant was
constructed Sputnik the first space
satellite was launched and Yuri Gagarin
became the first human in space
relations between the USSR and the
United States deteriorated further in
the 1970s and 80s with the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan Russian openness
and modernity was increased in the mid
1980s by prominent communist party
member Mikhail Gorbachev and in 1988 he
became president of the USSR in June
1991 Boris Yeltsin was elected president
of the
unions largest Republic Soviet Russia
soon after hardline communists attempted
to overthrow Gorbachev to keep the USSR
together but failed on December 25th
1991 the Soviet Union officially ended
and the Russian Federation was born
Yeltsin stayed on as president after
years of extreme instability Yeltsin
handed power to former KGB official and
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on
December 31st 1999 despite uncertainty
at the end of the 20th century Russia
can only grow stronger due to its vast
resources ingenious population and rich
history
constitutionally socialist state welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the history of 20th
century Russia Russia opened the 20th
century ruled by nicholas ii this
violent time was marked by the Bloody
Sunday massacre of January 22nd 1905
that left hundreds killed or injured by
gunfire and the country’s eventual loss
in the russo-japanese war these
incidents along with growing public
unrest led to the 1905 Russian
Revolution in response nicholas ii
immediately created a national
legislature russia then joined World War
one after Austria declared war on its
allies Serbia food and fuel shortages
followed while inflation and casualties
rose the first strikes on st. Petersburg
hit in 1917 and eventually prompted the
February revolution the long-standing
Romanov dynasty ended when nicholas ii
was forced to resign the russians only
ended their involvement in the war when
they signed the peace treaty of
brest-litovsk in 1918 with germany
russia also conceded several territories
they had captured from the Ottoman
Empire Marxist revolutionary Vladimir
Lenin seized the opportunity and led a
group of working-class Russians known as
the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution
in 1917 they took control of the
government and formed the first
socialist state meanwhile the Russian
civil war broke out that year between
the anti-communist White Army and the
Bolshevik Red Army in the midst of this
the treaty that created the Soviet Union
was signed on December 30th 1922 this
brought several Soviet republics under
the power of the Communist Bolsheviks
led by Lenin the Soviet Union adopted
its constitution in 1924 this
established a federal system of
government controlled by the Communist
Party the birth of the USSR or the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics prompted
political economic and social changes
including free health services and the
discouragement of organized
legend the workforce grew as women were
given the right to vote and abortion was
legalized land business and industry
were also nationalized during the mid
1920s Lenin Protege Joseph Stalin seized
power and accelerated the Soviet Union’s
economic transformation in 1929 Stalin
triggered massive industrialization with
his first five-year plan the government
took control of agriculture by
introducing collective farming any
peasants who oppose this were either
sent to Siberia or slaughtered within a
decade
Russia became one of Europe’s fastest
growing countries as Hitler’s power
increased Stalin signed a non-aggression
pact with the Third Reich in 1939 the
tense peace between these powers
unraveled two years into World War two
when the German led Axis forces invaded
the USSR
however the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad
was a turning point the Germans were
soon Elstad from Leningrad and Berlin
was captured in 1945 despite these
victories the war left 30 million
Russians dead and a devastated economy
the rise of the Iron Curtain and the
onset of the Cold War increased
hostilities between Russia and the West
while the u.s. spearheaded the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization the USSR
fought for global supremacy with the
Warsaw Pact this treaty allowed for
Soviet dominance over Eastern Europe and
parts of Asia Soviet power peaked
mid-century under the leadership of men
like Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid
Brezhnev during that period the world’s
first nuclear power plant was
constructed Sputnik the first space
satellite was launched and Yuri Gagarin
became the first human in space
relations between the USSR and the
United States deteriorated further in
the 1970s and 80s with the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan Russian openness
and modernity was increased in the mid
1980s by prominent communist party
member Mikhail Gorbachev and in 1988 he
became president of the USSR in June
1991 Boris Yeltsin was elected president
of the
unions largest Republic Soviet Russia
soon after hardline communists attempted
to overthrow Gorbachev to keep the USSR
together but failed on December 25th
1991 the Soviet Union officially ended
and the Russian Federation was born
Yeltsin stayed on as president after
years of extreme instability Yeltsin
handed power to former KGB official and
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on
December 31st 1999 despite uncertainty
at the end of the 20th century Russia
can only grow stronger due to its vast
resources ingenious population and rich
history
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