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Known as Alexander the Peacemaker. He reversed some of the liberal measures of his predecessor, his father, Alexander II.
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Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer
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The Russian Marxists party splits up into two section. Vladimir Lenon becomes the leader of the Bolsheviks.
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Peaceful march in Saint Peterburg gone wrong. Over 100 workers were killed and some 300 wounded. Start of the 1905 revolution.
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1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia
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Russia's first parliament with met in May of 1906. Members wanted the parliament to be like Britain's
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Nicholas II made the fateful decision to drag Russia into World War I. Russia was unprepared they lost against the Germans.
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Rasputin was killed in 1916 by a group of nobles because they were afraid of his increasing role in government affairs.
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Famale textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike in 1907. They yelled down with Autocracy and 200,000 workers streamed the streets over 5 days.
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Armed workers stormed the palace and took over the government without warning. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Gaurds.3
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On March 11, 1918 Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia gave up much of it's land to Germany
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On April 1, 1918 a civil war started in Russia that lasted until 1920. The Bolsheviks faced enemies in their home front an 14 million russians died in the 3 year struggle to power.
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In March 1921, Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state-controlled economy. Instead, he resorted to a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy.
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On June 3rd, 1922 Lenin suffered from a stroke. The stroke did not kill him but it did set in motion competition for the upcoming communist party.
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Stalin began his ruthless climb to the head of the government between 1922 and 1927. Lenin believed that Stalin was a dangerous man. Shortly before he died in 1924, Lenin wrote, “Comrade Stalin . . . has concentrated enormous power in his hands, and I am not sure that he always knows how to use that power with sufficient caution.” By 1928, Stalin was in total command of the communist party.
