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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. -
RUSSIA BREAKS AGREEMENTS WITH JAPAN-WAR!
Arter the two countries sign agreements,Russia breaks them and Japan attacks .A revolt begins back in Russia. -
workers revolt at palace of Czar
Workers wanted better working conditions. Czar Nicholas has his soldiers shoot them. Many are killed. -
CZAR NICHOLAS AGREES TO NEW GOVERNMENT
The first Russian parliament meets in 1906. The Czar then quickly dissolves it. -
RUSSIA ENTERS WORLD WAR 1 .
Russia is unprepared for war. More than 4 million Russian soldiers are either killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. -
WOMEN ON STRIKE.
Women textile workers go on strike in Petrograd. At first soldiers obey orders to shoot, but later side with strikers. -
FACTORY WORKERS STORM WINTER PALACE
Bolshevik Red Guards take over the government. Czar Nicholas and his family are executed a year later. -
TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK SIGNED.
Russians are angry about lost land. They are also upset about the murder of the royal family. -
WHITE ARMY DEFEATED
Black army and Red army sign a treaty of alliance. Famine follows the war and 14 million people die -
NEP REFORMS
Lenin puts aside plan for state-controlled economy.New Economic Policy( NEP) reforms let some small businesses, factories, and operate under private ownership. -
USSR IS ESTABLISHED
Bolasheviks rename their party The communist Party. In 1922 Russia is renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
