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The battle ended the German victories over Russia. -
Lenin’s return from exile was used as a ploy by the Germans to get Russia to surrender. -
Russian nobles killed Rasputin because they feared that he was corrupting the Tsars. -
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. -
Kerensky was trying to help the Russians by winning WW1 but failed because of the Bolsheviks.
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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 Whites including many different political groups didn't like the Bolsheviks being in total power. -
The treaty was to end the war between the Germans and the Russians. -
The tsar and his family was shot and buried in unmarked graves -
Its stands for communist international. Its purpose was to encourage world wide communism. -
The soviet army (the reds) defeated the resistance (the whites). -
Allowed limited capitalism and allowed the economy to recover. -
Died at the age of 54. His death set off a power struggle among communist leaders. -
Set high production goals and gave the Russian government control of the distribution of these goods.
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Stalin isolated him and stripped him of his party membership so he fled to mexico for his safety. Was killed in mexico in 1940. -
Stalin tortured many Russian officials to make them commit to crimes so that he could replace them with more loyal people.