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The February Revolution
Demonstrations and strikes in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) AP Images Soviet Revolution 1917, 07102609128; 2/17/12 -
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son
Provisional Government formed Tsar Nicholas II,1914 AP Images 0804260347; 2/17/12 -
Vladimir Ilyitch Lenin Lenin (1870-1924) returns from exile
His arrival is in a sealed train. AP Images 97020101359 2/1/1897 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; 2/17/12 -
July Days: Anti-Provisional Government spontaneous protest
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister, Provisional Gov't
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Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
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Winter Palace falls; Lenin in Control
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends WWI
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Russian capital moved to Moscow
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Russian civil war begins
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Czar Nicholas II and family executed
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Russian Civil War ends
Russian leaders: Czar Nicholas II, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin AP Images Russia Soviet Revolution 071026011438; 2/17/12