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Rapid industrialization caused new problems, including grueling working conditions, miserably low wages, and child labor. And so the workers retaliated.
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After Alexander III died, Nicholas II took over.
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Autocratic rule by the Czars was when the Czar had ultimate power over the entire country.
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Russian troops are defeated on land and sea. The war ends with
negotiations led by U.S. President Roosevelt. -
Major uprising of striking workers that
was halted by gunfire from the Imperial Guards. -
Parliament with few powers.
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Russia joins in WW1
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Nicholas II assumes control of the Army and moves headquarters to the front; therefore the Tsar
is not present to run the government from St. Petersburg. -
Revolutionary forces lead Nicholas II to abdicate. The Provisional
Government is established but chooses to continue the war. -
Lenin returns to Russia from exile; Peace, Bread, and Land!
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Bolsheviks, led by Lenin and Trotsky and with the support of
the Russian Navy and Petrograd Guards take over the government. -
Sacrifices 1/3 of its population and ¼ of its territory to Germany to keep from being invaded.
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In March 1917, women textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike.
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Lenin issues the New Economic Policy
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Lenin suffers a stroke and becomes an invalid, dies in 1924.
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Joseph Stalin takes control of the Communist Party in Russia.