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Number of Russian Factories Doubles
Deplorable working conditions and wages in Russian factories bred much discontent among the Russian proletariat. -
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Reign of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
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2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
A disagreement at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) between Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Julius Martov led to the split of the RSDLP into Lenin's radical Bolsheviks and Martov's moderate Mensheviks. -
Bloody Sunday
Several hundred proletarians were brutally murdered as well as over 1,000 injured by soldiers of the bourgeois government under Czar Nicholas II. The workers had gathered in the czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to petition for reasonable working conditions and wages. -
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World War I
The Russian army was obliterated in its fight against Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy. -
The March Revolution
Around 200,000 proletarians assembled and rioted in Petrograd out of frustraion with the failed capitalist system. -
The End of Czar Nicholas II's Rule
Failed leader, Czar Nicholas II, was forced from the throne after he proved unable to rule Russia competently. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
Bolsheviks take power of Russia and topple the provisional government. -
Lenin Takes Power
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is appointed leader of the newly created nation and immediately redistributed land and the means of production among Russian peasants. -
Stalin Takes Office
After Lenin's stroke in 1922, Joseph Stalin took power as 1st General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
