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Nicholas Romanov the 2nd is crowned Tsar of Rusia.
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The Russian Social Democratic Party splits into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. During 13/03/1903 - 10/08/1903
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In St. Peteraburg a revolution is about to start. The October Manifesto issued by Tsar to bring an end to 1905 Russian Revoltuin by promsing a Duma.
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World War One begins.
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Tsar Nicholas II places himself as commander of the Russian Army.
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Rasputin is murdered.
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Febuary 23-27
The February Revolutions begins with strikes, demostrations and mutines in Petrograd. -
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates. Tsar's brothers Mikhail refuse to take the throne so a Provisional goverment is formed.
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via sealed train. April These is written after Lenin comes back with promoting his new idea "Peace, Land, Bread."
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July 3rd - 7th
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In the October Revolution, the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the workers' Soviets, overthrew the Provisional Government in St Petersburg. The Bolsheviks appointed themselves as leaders of various government ministries and seized control of the countryside.
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When Lenin died this cause a power stuggle between contenders.
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Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans. This brought all industry under state control and all industrial development was planned by the state. The state would decide what would be produced, how much would be produced and where it should be produced. An organisation called Gosplan was created to plan all this out.
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