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The previous Czar of Russia dies of an illness. His son, Nicholas II becomes the next Czar.
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Russia lost in Manchuria, and it sparked unrest at home and led to a revolt in the midst of the war.
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In January of 1905, about 20,000 workers and their families showed up at the czars winter palace in St. Petersburg. Several hundred peple were killed and thousands injured.
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Nicholas II entered Russia into WWI in 1914. At the time, Russia was not prepared militaristically for a world war.
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Leaders of the Duma establish a temporary government. Alexander Kerensky was the leader.
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In March of 1917, neary 20,000 workers stormed the streets of Petrograd in Russia. They were shouting to end the war and down with autocracy.
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The march revolution was when women in petrograd led a stike about working.
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The local protest created an uprising called the March Revolution. This uprising forced Nicholas to step down.
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Russia.
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In November of 1917, armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd. They called themselves the bolshevik and they took over the government.
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The Red army was the bolsheviks. The white army consisted of many groups such as the czar,and other political groups that disapproved of Lenins style of socialism
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Lenin created a small scale version of capitalism called the New economic policy
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They changed the name becuase it was in Karl Marx's writing.
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The bolsheviks saw nationalsim as a threat, so they organized Russia into self governing republics.
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After Lenin suffered his stroke, he retired from politics.
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Stalin was working his way up that began in 1922. By 1928 he was in full control of the communist party.