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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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Japan attacks Russia's Port Arthur. Russians get mad and revolt in thr midst of a war.
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200,000 workers march to the Czar with a petition for better working conditions and wages, soldiers shoot 100s of them.
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Russia's first parliment-like government called the Duma meets for the first time.
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Russia joined WWI and got worked by Germany. This exposed the weakness's of the Czar.
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Massive City-wide riots. Soldiers killed citizens at first but eventually joined their cause. Rioters chanted "down with autocracy"
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Bolshevik Red Gaur stormed palace and took over the government led by Lenin.
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Russia and Germany sign treaty at the expense of a large portion of Russian land, Russian people are very unhappy with this.
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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.
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Lenin's socialism is failing and he decides to come up with a new economic plan that is more like capitalism.
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Lenin restructures Russia into multiple self governing republics and renames it the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
