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Pre Revolution
Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, became tsar in 1884.He believed he was the absolute ruler anointed by God -
The Revolution of 1905
Began in St. Petersburg, when troops fired on a defenseless crowd of workers, who, led by a priest, were marching to the Winter Palace to petition Czar Nicholas II. -
World War I
Corrupt military leadership had contempt for ordinary Russian people. Average peasants had very little invested in the War. Chaos and Disintegration of the Russian Army. -
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World War 1
A global war originating in Europe. -
Battle of Tannenberg
Fought between Russia and Germany, it resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
The Collapse of the Imperial Government
Nicholas left for the Front. Alexandra and Rasputin turn the government into chaos. Alexandra and other high government officials get accused of treason. -
The Assassination of Rasputin
A group of nobles attempted to poison him by adding large doses of poison in his wine and food but failed. He was finally shot at close range and collapsed. -
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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. -
The March Revolution
People had food riots and strikes. Tsar ordered soldiers to intervene but instead they joined the rebellion. -
Establishment Of The Provisional Government
The Provisional Government was established, and Russia was left in their powers after Tsar quit. -
Council of People's Commissars
The new government,Council of People's Commissars, withdrew Russia from the war with Germany. -
The Russian Civil War
A multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A peace treaty signed between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. Russia sacrificed a quarter of land under this treaty. -
Tsar's Death
The Bolsheviks took Tsar and his family into custody, and later killed them at Yekaterinburg. -
German Revolution of 1918–19
A civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of Germany's Imperial government with a republic. -
The Whites
The counterrevolutionaries began to organize their own group called The Whites. -
The Red Army
Trotsky set upthe Red Army and began preparing to fight the Whites -
The Win
The Communists win the civil war fought against the whites
