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Battle of Tannenberg
The battle ended the German victories over Russia. -
Lenin’s return from exile
Lenin’s return from exile was used as a ploy by the Germans to get Russia to surrender. -
Death of Rasputin
Russian nobles killed Rasputin because they feared that he was corrupting the Tsars. -
The March Revolution/ end of the monarchy.
It was international women’s day and many working women went to the streets to protest. This then made the Russian Tsar Alexander III abdicate. -
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The provisional government under Kerensky
Kerensky was trying to help the Russians by winning WW1 but failed because of the Bolsheviks. -
The Bolshevik takeover in November
Lenin had thought that it was time to overthrow the provisional government. He did this successfully but when he tried to hold elections and lost he discredited and abolished the elections. -
The Russian Civil War Starts
The Whites including many different political groups didn't like the Bolsheviks being in total power. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The treaty was to end the war between the Germans and the Russians. -
Assassination of the Romanov family
The tsar and his family was shot and buried in unmarked graves -
Lenin’s establishment of the Comintern
Its stands for communist international. Its purpose was to encourage world wide communism. -
Reds win Civil War
The soviet army (the reds) defeated the resistance (the whites). -
Lenin’s New Economic Policy
Allowed limited capitalism and allowed the economy to recover. -
Lenin’s death
Died at the age of 54. His death set off a power struggle among communist leaders. -
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Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan
Set high production goals and gave the Russian government control of the distribution of these goods. -
Trotsky flees to Mexico
Stalin isolated him and stripped him of his party membership so he fled to mexico for his safety. Was killed in mexico in 1940. -
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The Great Purge
Stalin tortured many Russian officials to make them commit to crimes so that he could replace them with more loyal people.