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Tsar Nicholas gave up.
The Duma set up a provisional goverment, but it fails to solve Russias problems.
Lenin and the bolsheviks seize power -
The Russian revolution occurred in 1917 when the peasants and the working class of Russia rebelled against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union.
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June: The Russian Civil war begins and finishes in three years.
It was the Bolsheviks (reds) vs Rebels (whites).
The reds execute the Tsar and the family -
The reds win the Russian Civil War
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Stalin is appointed as General Secretary
The U.S.S.R is established to be democratic and socialist -
After it, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin competed for this position.
Leon supported the idea of "Permanent Revolution" but Joseph supported "Socialism in one country" -
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