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Decembrist Revolt
- made up of small groups of nobles and army officers
- tried to overthrow czar's government -Czar Nicholas I crushed the uprising
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Emancipation of the Serfs
- start of serf reform
- serfs were granted some rights
- still had poor lives
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Revolution of 1905
- Russians had riots and strikes
- got to elect an assembly called the Duma
- Duma had little power and did little
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Bloody Sunday
- Father Georgi organized a march
- factory workers marched against czar Nicholas II
- more than 100 protesters killed
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Russia Enters WWI
- Serbia was an ally of Russia
- Austria declared war of Serbia
- Germany declared war on Russia for mobilizing
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Rasputin Murdered
- Prince Felix Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Vladimir Purishkevich murdered him
- gave him poison, shot him, and threw him in a river
- cause of death was drowning
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March Revolution
- riots and strikes throughout Russia over war and shortage of food
- soldiers joined protesters
- overthrew czarist officials
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Czar Nicholas II Abicates
- week after riots began, Nicholas II gave up throne
- Duma set up Provisional Government
- had little authority
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Bolshevik Revolution
- made up of socialists
- lead by Lenin
- got support from workers and soldiers
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Murder of the Romanovs
- the family was placed under house arrest
- the Bolsheviks were against them
- Vladimir Lenin and Yakov Sverdlov ordered the execution of the family
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Treaty of Versailles
- ended WWI
- signed in Paris
- made Germany pay heavy reparations
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Lenin Dies / USSR Formed
- Lenin died of a stroke at his home
- Stalin rose to power instead of Trotsky
- USSR formed in December 30, 1922
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Stalin Takes Power / Death of Trotsky
- Lenin died, Stalin and Trotsky struggled for power
- Stalin had Trotsky exiled
- Trotsky was murderd in Mexico in 1940
