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Beginning of February Revolution
Protesters gathered on the streets of St. Petersburg -
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Russian Revolution
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Tsar Nicholas tries to shut down Duma
His attempt failed -
200,000 Workers on strike
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Tsar Nicholas II gives up
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Duma forms temporary government
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Vladmir Lenin Returns to Russia
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The July Days
July 3rd and 4th - Lenin and Bolsheviks try to seize power but fail -
October Revolution
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Lenin creates secret police (Chekas)
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Russian Civil War begins
Lenin introduces war communism. War is between red army and white army and red army wins. from 1918-1920 -
Blsheviks lose elction but ignore results
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Lenin changes name of Bolshevik to Communist party
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Russia withdraws from World War I
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Romanov family killed
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Lenin shot twice in failed assasination attempt
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Red Terror
6000 people executed to get rid of political opponents -
Russian Famine
5 million people die of hunger -
Lenin launches New Economic Policy
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Russia become the USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Vladimir Lenin dies
