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Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes Leader.
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Japan beats Russians in Port Arthur. News of Russian losses makes a revolt.
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Nicholas orders generals to fire on unarmed citizens. Known as "Bloody Sunday"
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Russia's first parliament meets.
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Russia enters World War 1, which they were unprepairedm for.
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Riots in the Russian streets over the war citizens want out of
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Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd, the capital
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Russia surrendered land to Germany by signig the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Lenin revitalized the economy and the industrialization of the country.
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Lenin restored Russia to a small scale version of capitalism
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Communists Party forms from Bolsheviks with a dictatorship. Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Russia
