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The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Freidrick Engels, and was had the idea for communists to own the land, and to creating one lass of people to end the continnuous class struggles between the bourgousie and proletariat classes. Though it was ruled out by the government -
The Socialist Bolsheviks party was founded by Vladimir Lenin, who was ruthless, who had an iron will, good planning skills and was a brilliant speaker. -
Workers led by the radical priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon advanced to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to propose their demands. Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and injuring hundreds. -
As a result of the Revolution of 1905, the Tsar was forced to allow the establishing of a state duma or national assembly. -
As many as 90,000 men and woman strikers joined protesters in Petrograd demanding for bread, and marking international womens day. Despite clashes with police, protesters refused to leave the streets. -
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, and he was a poor ruler who handled events like Bloody Sunday poorly, as well as Russia's Role in WWI, which led to his abdication. -
In contrast to Lenin's radical policies, the provisional government continued to wage war against Germany and did not distribute land to peasants. -
A Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, Lenin was the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia during 1917 to 1924, and also head of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.