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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
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Russia
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Russo-Japanese
Japan attacks Russia's Port Arthur. Russians get mad and revolt in thr midst of a war. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers march to the Czar with a petition for better working conditions and wages, soldiers shoot 100s of them. -
Duma
Russia's first parliment-like government called the Duma meets for the first time. -
World War I: The Final Blow
Russia joined WWI and got worked by Germany. This exposed the weakness's of the Czar. -
March Revolution
Massive City-wide riots. Soldiers killed citizens at first but eventually joined their cause. Rioters chanted "down with autocracy" -
Provisional Government Topples
Bolshevik Red Gaur stormed palace and took over the government led by Lenin. -
Brest-Litvosk Treaty
Russia and Germany sign treaty at the expense of a large portion of Russian land, Russian people are very unhappy with this. -
Red Scare
Bloody civil war rages in Russia between white and red armies. Western countries afraid of the spread of comunism send troops to help White Army but are of little help. -
NEP
Lenin's socialism is failing and he decides to come up with a new economic plan that is more like capitalism. -
USSR
Lenin restructures Russia into multiple self governing republics and renames it the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
