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This period marked the first phase of the Russian Revolution, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and established a Provisional Government. -
Lenin returned to Russia and issued his famous April Theses, which called for an end to the war, the redistribution of land to the peasants, and the establishment of a socialist government.
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Workers and soldiers in Petrograd staged a series of protests against the Provisional Government, which were eventually suppressed by the government and the Bolsheviks.
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The Provisional Government attempted to suppress the Bolsheviks and other left-wing groups, but their plan was foiled when the Red Guards and the Petrograd Soviet formed a united front.
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The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government and established the world's first socialist state. -
The Bolsheviks faced opposition from various anti-communist groups, leading to a civil war that lasted for several years.
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The Bolshevik government implemented a policy of War Communism, which involved the nationalization of industry and the requisitioning of grain from the peasants.
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The Bolsheviks introduced a new economic policy, which allowed for some private enterprise and market forces, in an attempt to revive the economy.