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Lenin's brother had been killed a few years before for trying to kill Czar Nicholas' father. Lenin wanted to take over power from Nicholas, and he was arrested and exiled from Russia.
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A revolution broke out in St. Petersburg, but Czar Nicholas quickly put an end to it. The day was called Bloody Sunday.
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Rasputin called himself a holy man and a healer, and he helped heal Czar Nicholas' sick son. Still, Rasputin wasn't a good man, and many in Russia hated him, putting the people at odds with the Czar.
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World War I began and the following year, Czar Nicholas took command of the Russian Army.
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The people were unhappy with Czar Nicholas' rule of the country. They began protests and strikes, refusing to do their work.
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Lenin still led the split political party of the Russian Social-Democrat Labor Party, and his party soon moved in and took control of Russia.
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Lenin changed the name of his political party to the Communist Party.
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Lenin signed a treaty, taking Russia out of WWI. Later that year he had Czar Nicholas and his family killed.
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Lenin helped establish the United Soviet Socialists Republic, a communist country. He worked with Joseph Stalin.
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After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin took over his rule. He would rule for many years to come. The Russian revolution changed Russia and all of history, introducing communism into the modern world. However, communism didn't catch on as Lenin and Stalin had hoped.
