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In 1917 the first revolution in Russia takes place which would topple the Romanov dynasty.
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Lenin came back to Russia to become the leader.
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The Red Guards joined Russian sailors to attack the provisional government.
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Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk giving up much of its territory and its population.
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Trotsky was a long time member of the Bolshevik underground, but in 1920 he became the general secretary and built up a loyal group of communist followers who owed there jobs to him.
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In 1920 the Russian civil war ends.
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In 1921 Lenin adopted the NEP or New Economic Policy.
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In 1921 the Communists defeat there foes and leaves Russia in chaos.
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In 1922 the Communist in Russia created a constitution that seemed both democratic and socialist.
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In 1922 in Russia the USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republic is created.
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Lenin had been killed and a few days later tens of thousands of people gathered in Moscow's Red Square to see his body.
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After Lenin's sudden death in 1924 there was huge fight for power between Trotsky, who was a skilled political speaker, Marxist thinker, and a architect of Bolshevik Revolution, and his main contender Stalin. Stalin was a shrewd political operator and a behind the scenes organizer.
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In 1926 Britain broke off relations with the Soviets because they discovered that they had schemes to turn an attack into a revolution.
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The armed resistance ended and living conditions improved because food and idustrial production began to rise.
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Stalin creates the Five Year plan to plan for Soviet economic growth.
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Trotsky fled the counrty in 1929 because Stalin sent his secret police to kill him.
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The Great Purge was launched in 1934 by Stalin in which millions of people would be killed or sent to forced labor camps.
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In 1936 Stalin showed a spectacular series of show trials which are torturing leaders until they confess to crimes.
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In 1940 Trotsky was killed in Mexico by Stalin's agent using an ice pick.
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In 1953 Stalin died from cerebral hemorrhage which is a sub-type of stroke.
