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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary actions. he more radical Bolsheveiks are ready to risk everything. The charasmatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
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The Great Changes of Russia
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The War Japan attacked Russia
The Russo-Japanese War was when Japan and Russia competed for Korea and Manchuria. The two countries signed agreements over the territories. Russia then broke the the agreements. to get back at the russians the Japanese attacked Russians at Prt Arthur, Munchuria. -
When Sundays turned Bloody
About 200,000 workers and families carried petitions to the Czar's Winter Palace, asking for better working conditions, more personal fredoms, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas II's generals ordered his soldiers to fire at the crowd, killing several hundreds, and wounding more than 1,000 people. -
The Duma First Became
Nicholas II agreed to the creation of the Duma, Russia's first parliment. The Duma met for the first time in May. The leaders were moderates who wanted Russia to be a constitutional monarchy, similar to Britain. The Czar dissolved the Duma after ten weeks because he was hesitant to share his power. -
Nicholas II invites the Russians into WWI
Nicholas II makes a fateful decision to drag Russia into WWI. Russia was unprepared to handle the military and economic costs. The weak generals and poorly equipped troops were no match for German armies. More than 4 million Russians were either killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. -
Riots of March 1917
The people had riots outside the palace, the generals had orders to shoot the people. After awhile the soldiers decided that they didn't want to follow those orders anymore and joined the people to riot, and stike their jobs. -
Armed Factory workers take the march
With out any warning at all, armed factory workers stormed to the Winter Palace in Petrograd, by the Bolshevik red Guards. They took over governmnet offices and had arrested leaders of the provisional government. Kerensky disappeared quickly as Czarist regime they replaced. -
Treaty of Brest - Litovsk
Russia and Germany signed the "Treaty of Brest - Litovsk." Russia surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. Humiliating terms of this treaty brought anger to many Russians. they objected to the Bolsheviks and their policies and to murder of the royal family. -
Civil War
Civil War raged in Russia, several western nations, including the US sent military aid and forces to Russia to help the White Army. The White Army got very little help. Russias Civil War proved far more deadly than earlier revolutions. 14 million Russians died in a 3 year battle The Red Army crushed all opposition. Victory showed Bolsheviks were able to maintain and seize power. Russia had also used viloence and terror to control their people. This Revolution established a state - controlled. -
New Economic Policy
Lenin temprarily put aside his plan for a state- controlled economy. Instead, restored to a small - scale version of Capitalism called "New Economic Policy" (NEP). NEP allowed peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of turning it over to the government. GOvernment kept control of major industries, banks, ext. Government encouraged foreign investment. -
Command of Communist
Lenin suffered from a stroke and died in 1924. Country was named the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR), in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution. Stalin began his ruthless climb to the head of the Government, as he worked behind the scenes to move supporters into positions of power. In 1928 Stalin was in total control and command of the Communist Party.
