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After Tsar Alexander's sudden death, his son Nicholas II is forced to take the throne despite having no knowledge about how to rule a country. I'm sure this won't have any negative repercussions... -
A revolution brought up by uprisings against the Russian government, with the goal of changing it to a constitutional monarchy -
Police open fire onto a crowd of peaceful protesters led by a priest hoping to request workers reforms outside the winter palace, officially killing 96 people and injuring 333, however, some sources say it was around 4000 casualties. This begins the First Russian Revolution. -
Russia has entered WW1, causing many food shortages wounding and killing millions of soldiers. Tsar Nicholas II takes personal command over the army (and is a terrible leader, obviously). -
Uh oh! Lenin is back in town and he's ready to seize this opportunity to create a communist revolution. -
8 days of public protests in Petrograd to protest food shortages during the war, starting with a woman's worker strike on international women's day, with many others joining in. -
The bolsheviks have seized control of Petrograd by gaining control over key areas in the city, including the railway stations, government buildings, and telegraph offices. The bolshevik red guards broke into the winter palace and arrested the ministers, putting an end to the Provisional Government. The bolsheviks (led by Lenin) now control Russia. -
We've got two parties at war here now, the "whites" aka, anti-communist and anti-bolsheviks and the "reds" the bolsheviks. Many western powers supported the "whites" in this fight but ultimately backed out after a couple of years. The communists ended up winning. -
Hurrah, Lenin is dead! Uh oh, who's that lurking in the shadows waiting to take the lead? Its Stalin! I have a bad feeling about this guy...