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Serfs
Serfs were freed -
Background to Revolution
The Marxists formed the Russian social democratic labor party -
1905 Revolution
Thousands of men, women, and children marched to Czar Nicholas' Winter Palace to deliver a petition -
1905 Revolution
Armies crushed an uprising in Moscow -
World War I
Germany declared war on Russia -
World War I
A group of Russian nobles loyal to the Czar murdered Rasputin -
World War I
A group of Russian nobles loyal to the Czar murdered Rasputin -
The February Revolution
(February 25,1917 in the old Russian calender) Strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out in Petrograd -
February Revolution
Government forced Czar Nicholas to abdicate -
October Revolution
Trotsky is chosen to head the Soviet in September -
Cease-fire
Russia negotiated a cease-fire -
Bolshevik Government
The Bolshevik government moved Russia's capitol from Petrograd to Moscow -
October Revolution
The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -
October Revolution
The Communists won the revolution -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin became general secretary of Communist Party -
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The Aftermath
The Russian Communist Government formed Soviet Union. Communist system ended in Russia in 1991