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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The chararismatic Vladim ir Lemnin becomes the leader. -
Japan's Retaliation
Russia broke multiple agreements between the two countries. Japan retaliated by attacking the Russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 Russian workers brought a petition to the czar's palace. The petiton was asking for more freedoms and better working conditions. -
Creation of the Duma
Russia's first parliament met in May, 1906. This was called the Duma. Its leaders wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy. -
World War I
Nicholas II decided that Russia would eneter WWI. This showed the weakness of czraist rule and destroyed the Duma. -
Strike
Women textile workers began a citywide strike in Petrograd. The soldiers were ordered to shoot them, but after a while, they began to side with the workers. -
Factory workers stormed the Winter Palace
Armed factory workers, who called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards, took over government offices. They destroyed the provisional government. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germany signed a treaty. Russia surrendered a large amount of territory to Germany. This triggered anger among many Russians. -
End of the Civil War
Lasting from 1918 to 1920, the Russian civil war caused the death of about 14 million Russians. The Red Army, also known as the Bolsheviks, defeated the White Army. -
NEP
Lenin formed a new economic policy, (NEP) which was a small-scale version of capitalism. The NEP helped Russia slowly recover from the civil war. -
Stalin become head of government
Lenin had a stroke, leaving his place for Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Stalin began to reach for Lenin's former place before finally gaining command in 1928.
