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Rasputin Assassinated
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Communist Control over Russia
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The March Revolution
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Petrograd Soviets Established
Russia established the Petrograd Soviets in March 1917 after the February Revolution as the representative body of the city's workers. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
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Lenin returns to Russia
After 10 years of yet another stint in exile, Lenin returns to russia as the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR. -
Lenin sent to back Russia by Germans
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Bolshevik Revolution
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Russian Civil War
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Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty that the Soviet government was forced to sign after almost six-month-long negotiations at Brest-Litovskbetween Russia and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I. -
Czar Nicholas' family is murdered
