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Marxists Revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader
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Two nations signed agreements over territories, Russia broke agreement, Japan attacked russians at Port Aruthur, Manchuria.
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Workers carried a petition asking for more personal freedom, elected national legislature. Nicholas II generals ordered fire on the crowd, 1,000 wounds and 100s dead.
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Leaders were moderates, that wanted Russia to become constitutional monarchy similar to Britian.
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Russia was dragged into World War 1 and was unprepared to handle the military and economic costs.
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Women textile workers lead strike, next five days riot flared up over shortages of bread and fuel.
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Army factory workers stormed the winter palace in petrograd. Calling themselves the Bulshevik red gaurds. They took over government officals and arrested the leaders of the provisional government.
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Russia and Germany signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its Allies.
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Civil war raged in Russia, western nations sent military aid and forces to Russia to help white army, however, there was little help involved.
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Lenin put aside his plan for a state controled economy. He resorted to a small scale version of capitalism called New Economic Policy,(NEP)
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Country was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in honor of the councils that helped launched the Bolshevik Revolution.
