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Marxist revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader.
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After competing with Japan for control over Korea and Manchuria, they made agreements over territories. After Russia broke them, Japan attacked Port Arthur, Manchuria.
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On ¨Bloody Sunday¨ workers petitioned in St. Petersburg for better working conditions. Workers were met by soldiers fire. Many were killed and wounded.
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Russians first parliament ¨the Duma¨ met for the first time. When Nicholas was hesitant to share his power, the Duma ressolved after 10 weeks.
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Nicholas II decided to join WW1. Russia was financially unprepared and poorly equipped.
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Women textile workers of Petrograd led a citywide strike. Riots started over food and fuel shortages. Soldiers were ordered to shoot, but instead sided with them.
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Armed workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd. They called themselves Bolshevik Red Guards. They took over government offices andf arrested leaders.
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Russia and Germany signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia surrendered territory to Germany and its Allies. Russians bacme angry.
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Russias civil war ends and around one million Russians die during the 3 year war. Bolsheviks showed they are able to maintain and cease power.
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Lenin temporarily puts aside his plan for a state controlled economy. Changed his plans to a small-scale version of Capitalism called 'New Economic Policy¨
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Russia named itself the ¨Union of Soviet Socialist Republics¨ (USSR) in honor of the councils that helped lauch the Bolshevik Revolution.
