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Begins with strikes, demonstartions, and mutinies in petrograd, goestil feburary 27, 1917
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after the abdictions of the throne almost 300 years of russian dynasty cameto an end the next day, MArch 3, 2014, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd through a sealed train
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protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding
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Alexander Kerensky became the new Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army
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Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
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last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars,whichi led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
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Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
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between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I
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the bolshevieks changed their name to the Communist Party
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The russianapital changes its nameo Moscow intad of st.petersburg.
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Bolsheviks, too scared of the tsar and the repercussions of keeping prisoners, shoot the imperial family when white forces and the Czech Legion get too close to Yekaterinderg. Kill Czar Nicholas II and his family
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An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded
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the russan war ended
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stalin becoms lenin's general secretary.
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The russian leader suffers his first stroke
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suffers his 2nd stroke, retires from politics
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the U.S.S.R established
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Lenin dies. which leads to Stalin becoming his sucessor. Stalin was an evil man, who didnt want to build russia but detroy it. He wanted to be as powerful as a god, which he didnt believe because he was atheias.
