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In the late 1800s, Russia and
Japan competed for control of Korea and Manchuria. The
two nations signed a series of agreements over the territories, but Russia broke them. -
He leads the revolution. He over throws the Czar.
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About 200,000 workers went to the Czar's palace and asked for better working conditions, more personal freedom,
and an elected national legislature. Nicholas II’s generals ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd. -
Nicholas II made the fateful decision to
drag Russia into World War I. Russia was unprepared to handle the military and economic costs. Before a year had passed, more than 4 million Russian soldiers had been killed, -
The Germans believed that Lenin and his Bolshevik
supporters would stir unrest in Russia and hurt the Russian war effort against Germany. They arranged Lenin’s return to Russia after many years of exile. -
Russians start getting mad at the government.
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The local protest exploded into a general uprising the
March Revolution. It forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate his throne. -
Within days after the Bolshevik takeover, Lenin ordered
that all farmland be distributed among the peasants. Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave control of factories to the workers.
The Bolshevik government also signed a truce with Germany to stop all fighting and began peace talks.
