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Alexander III came to the throne in 1881 after the assassination of Alexander II, he did a form of government where he ha total power.
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The construction of the Transsiberian began in 1891, and there were two periods of construction, the frst one 1891-1904 to Lake Baikal, in the centre of Asia, and the second one from 1908-1916 to Vladivostok port founded by the Russians in 1860 as a defense against possible progress in Japan. Source: http://historiaybiografias.com/transiberiano/
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Nicholas II was born on May 18, 1868, in Pushkin, Russia. He inherited the throne when his father, Alexander III, died in 1894. He was forced to create an elected legislature (he believed in autocracy)
Nicholas II’s handling of Bloody Sunday and World War I incensed his subjects and led to his abdication. Bolsheviks executed him on July 17, 1918, in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
His father was assesinated when he wasonly 13 yearls old. Source: http://www.biography.com/people/nicholas-ii-21032713 -
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Participation of 32 naciones. 28 of them allied including Britain, France , Russia, Italy and the United States fought against the coalition of so-called Central Powers , consisting of Germany, Austria- Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgary. Source: http://www.guerraycombate.com/wordpress/primera-guerra-mundial-5/
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By July it was led by Alexander Kerensky - the man who had informed the Duma on March 11th that 25,000 troops were on the way to support them.
It had one major disadvantage: its leaders (especially Kerensky) were associated with the middle class. Source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/provisional_government.htm -
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He founded the Russian Communist Party, that led to the Bolshevik Revolution
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The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. Source:http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russian_civil_war1.htm
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Iósif Vissariónovich Stalin
Was president of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union since May 6, 1941 until March 5 , 1953.
Was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries that led the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and later held the position of Secretary General of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until the position was formally abolished in 1952 , shortly before his death.
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The New Economic Policy (NEP) was based around a tax called prodnalog, which was a tax on food. By introducing a tax, Lenin was essentially admitting that he was taxing something people owned.
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