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Alex II
Alex II was assisnated this day because the people were angry with the slow pace of political change. Now Russia was headed to a revolution. -
Nicholas II became Czar
he continued the tradition of Russian autocracy. He changed the conditions of time. -
Russian Marxists Split
Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. Mensheviks wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution whereas, the more radical Bolsheviks supported a smaller number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for change -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers and families went to the Czar's palace and took a petition for better working conditions, more freedom, and an elected national legistaure. Nicholas II's generals ordered fire and about 1,000 were wounded and hundreds were killed -
Promise of Freedom
Nicholas reluctanlty promised more freedom. He approved Duma which became Russia's first parliament -
First Meeting of Duma
The first meeting of Duma- Russia's first parliment. The leaders were moderates who wanted Rusiia to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britian. The czar dissolved the Duma after ten weeks because he didnt want to share his power -
Russia in WW I
Nicholas pulls Russian into WWI. Russia was not prepared at all. Defeat after defeat. Before the year ended 4 million Russian soldiers had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. -
Murder of Rasputin
Rasputin was a "holy man" with magical powers that influnced Czarina Alexandra. A group of nobles murdered him becasue they feared his increasing role in government affairs. -
The March Revolution
Women textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide stike. Then, the riots started over bread and fuel. 200,000 workers chanted down the streats saying, "Down with the autocracy, Down with the war!" At first soldiers were shooting then they sided with the workers. -
The Government Topples Down
Facotry workers stormed the Winter Palace in Peterograd. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards, they took over the gov. offices and arrested the leaders. -
treaty of Brest- Litovsk
Russia and Germany signed this treaty. Russia surrendered a large part of its teritory to germany and its allies. The terms and conditions trigger anger in the Russsians. They murdered the royal family -
War Rages in Russia
Leo Trotsky, experly commanded the Bolshevik Red Army. Civil war raged in Russia. Several Western nations, including the United States, sent military aid and forced to Russia to help the White Army -
New Econmic Poliy
Lenin temperarily put aside his plan for a state- controlled economy. Instead, he resorted to a small- scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. -
Lenin stroke and Stalin gains power)
iN 1922 the country was named the Unionn of Soviet Socialist Republics, in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution. -
Stalin Total Control
Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party. Trotsky, forced into exile in 1929, was no longer a threat. Stalin now stood poised to wield absolute power as dictator.
