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Russias econemy slowed.
Russia waged in unsuccessful war with japan .
Social unrest grew. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Russian army overwelmed
In december 1916 a group of russian nobles loyal to Czar murdered Rasputin -
Moderate and liberal members of duma set up provisonal goverment
in september 1917 Gen.lavr kornilov army commander in cheif made a bid too seize power -
trotsky /who had escaped in 1907 and gone into exile had returned
too petrograd in may 1917 was chosen to head too soviet there in september -
russia gradually turned its self into soviet union
it reconized the ukraine which it had lost in 1918
