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The serfs (rural slaves) were freed on 1861 by Czar Nicholas.
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On 1898, the Marxists formd the Russian Social Democratic labor party.
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Early 1900's, Russia's economy slowed, and the country waged an unsuccessful war.
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The Russian Social Democratic Party got split into two groups.
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This day thousands of people marched peacefully to Czar Nicholas's Winter Palace. image
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December,1905, the army crushed the uprising in Moscow, and the police arrested people from the St. Petersburg Soviet, including the leader Leon Trotsky.
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Germany declared war on Russia in August 1914.
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Nicholas left Petrograd for the warfront, determined to personally lead his country to victory.
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In December, 1916, a group of Russian nobles loyal to the Czar, murdered Zasputin.
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March, 1917, strikes and riots over food and coal storages broke out in Petrograd.
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The government forced Czar to resign his throne.
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Lenin who had lived in Switzerland since 1914 returned to Petrograd in April, 1917.
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General Lawr Korilou, the army command in chief, made a bid to seize power.
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Leon Trotsky who escaped in 1907 and gone to exile, returned to Petrograd in May 1917 and was chosen to head the Soviet. image
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The government signed the treaty to prevent German invasions.
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In 1922, the Russian communist government formed the Soviet Union. image
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The communist system ended in Russia in 1991.
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