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Nicholas II is born. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Vladimir Lenin was born. He was born in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
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Lenin's brother is executed because he was plotting to assassinate Alexander III, the current tsar. After the assassination, Lenin becomes politically radicalized.
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Lenin attended Kazan Imperial University. He was expelled for participating in an illegal student protest.
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The Sino-Japanese war was a conflict between China and Japan. They were fighting primarily for supremacy in Korea.
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Nicholas II becomes the Tsar after his father. His father, Alexander III died of kidney inflammation on November 1 of 1894
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Japan wins the Sino-Japanese war. They now had much more control over Korea.
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Vladimir Lenin is arrested for engaging in Marxist activities. He was jailed for one year, then exiled to Siberia for a term of three years.
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Nicholas II wants to expand the Russian empire into Asia.
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Russia's first move to expanding their empire was going after Port Arthur. They pressured Japan into giving them power over Port Arthur.
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Japan was unhappy with Russia trying to expand. Japan also wanted to get the land that Russia was trying to take, and Japan decided to go to war.
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Russia sent ships to take back Port Arthur, but they mistake British fishing boats for Japanese ships. They attacked the fishing boats, killing some British fishermen. This nearly dragged Britain into the war, but they stayed out of it.
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The battle of Port Arthur began. Russia had around 150 deaths, while Japan lost around 100
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The battle of the yellow sea began. There were 444 Russian casualties and 226 Japanese deaths.
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The battle of Mukden started. There was a total of around 24,600 deaths
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The Battle of Tsushima resulted in about 4,600 deaths
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The Russo-Japanese war ends. Japan had won the war.
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Japan is now the greatest power in Eastern Asia. The rest of the world is put on alert.
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Japan joins the allies in ww1. Many people in Japan believed that the Germans would prevail, but Japan had to honor an alliance that had been made with Britain in 1902.
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Nicholas II dies. someone else must now take power.
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Lenin comes back to Russia after his exile. He took Nicholas II place.
