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Czar Nicholas is crowned
After his father, Czar Alexander III, died, Nicholas II became Czar over all of Russia. -
Vladmir Lenin is exiled
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. -
The Russian Social-Democrat Labor Party meets
At the meeting the people were split into two groups. Some supported Lenin, and others supported a different leader. -
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russian social democratic party
Between July 17 and August 20 of 1903, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was a revolutionary Russian party created in 1898 in Minsk to unite all the different revolutionary organizations into one large revolutionary party in Russia. -
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Russo-Japenese war
Russia and Japan were fighting over a warm water port. Biggining and End of Revolution -
A revolution breaks out
A revolution broke out in St. Petersburg, but Czar Nicholas quickly put an end to it. The day was called Bloody Sunday. -
Rasputin is introduced into the aristocracy
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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First World War
A new wave of workers unrest ends with the outbreak of the First World W -
WWI begins
World War I began and the following year, Czar Nicholas took command of the Russian Army. -
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russian suffers
between 1914-1916 two million Russian soldiers were killed throughout World War 1 due to lack of skill and resources. While also another four to six million were captured by their enemies or left wounded. Russia, at this time, was not technologically and militarily experienced enough to make a stand in this war. -
Rasputin is killed
The plan to kill Rasputin seemed simple, but it took a lot of work to finally kill him. -
Another revolution begins
The people were unhappy with Czar Nicholas' rule of the country. They began protests and strikes, refusing to do their work. -
Czar Nicholas tries to step down
Nicholas tried to give up his throne and let his brother take over, but his brother refused. Other Russian aristocrats tried to make a temporary government. -
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russian revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. -
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Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War 1917 -1922 as a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies. -
Vladmir Lenin tries to take over
Lenin came out of exile and tried to take over the temporary government, but he was chased back into hiding. -
Lenin succeeds in taking over
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. -
Russia backs out of WWI
Lenin signed a treaty, taking Russia out of WWI. Later that year he had Czar Nicholas and his family killed. -
The Communist Party is developed
Lenin changed the name of his political party to the Communist Party. -
The USSR is established
Lenin helped establish the United Soviet Socialists Republic, a communist country. He worked with Joseph Stalin. -
Vladmir Lenin dies
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. Instead, demo -
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russian civil war
The Russian Civil War 1917 -1922 as a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies.