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Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany. Massive defeat at hands of Hindenburg and Ger. The Battle of Tennenberg ended on Friday Agust 28, 1914. -
Rasputin
Nicholas moves his headquarters to front lines. His wife, Alexander, begins to be influenced by Rasputin -
Rasputin killed
Nobles murder Rasputin on the 3rd try -
The February Revolution(begins)
More than 100,000 workers are still on strike; the Duma attacks the government failing to respond to food shortages - See more at: http://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/russian-revolution-timeline-1917/#sthash.LWLZ6vHS.dpuf -
March Revolution
Russian citexens organized strikes and protests demanding food and fuel. Soldiers meant to stop the protests, ended up joining the protestors. On Wensday March 15, 1917 Czar Nicholas II gave up his power. Which ended the Romanov dynasty in Russia. -
duma
On March 11, the troops of the Petrograd army garrison were called out to quell the uprising. In some encounters, regiments opened fire, killing demonstrators, but the protesters kept to the streets and the troops began to waver. That day, Nicholas again dissolved the Duma. -
The Provisional Goverment
The Provisional Goverment was a temporary central goverment in Russia after Nicholas II steped down. The Provisional Goverment was led by Alexander Kerensky. Alexander saw the war effort as the #1 priorty. -
Peasants Revolt
The peasants tried to take a stand attempting to overthrow the Bourgeoise and taking land. This was a clear statement for the desire of equailty and rights. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Bolsheviks staged a coup d’etat in St. Petersburg. Overthrew the provisional government. Members of the provisional government fled or were arrested. Bolsheviks claimed absolute power. -
October Revolution
Lenin's Proclamation (October 25th on old Russian calender) -
civil war against anti-Bolshevik White Army forces.
lenin became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. His government made peace with Germany, nationalized industry and distributed land, but beginning in 1918 had to fight a devastating civil war against anti-Bolshevik White Army forces. -
peace with germany
Lenin’s 1st order of business = get Russia out of WWI. Signed peace treaty with Germany in March 1918. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion. Russia sacrificed a quarter of land under this treaty. -
Czar was killed
he Bolsheviks took Czar and his family into custody, and later killed them at Yekaterinburg. -
The Whites
The counterrevolutionaries began to organize their own group called The Whites. -
Red Army
Trotsky set upthe Red Army and began preparing to fight the Whites -
Russian civil war
the russian civil war ends -
USSR
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established. -
Stalin
Stalin is appointed General Secretary -
lenin
Lenin suffers first stroke -
Lenin pt.2
Lenin suffers second stroke and retires from politics -
Lenin dies
lenin dies and stalin will then become his successor. -
GPU
The GPU launches a wave of arrests of "specialists" accused of "sabotage" (i.e., criticism of the Five Year Plan), claiming conspiracies by a Peasant Workers' Party led by physicist Nikolai Kondratyev and by an Industrial Party led by physicist Leonid Ramzin -
Stalin's graet purge
Stalin launches Great Purge, his campaign of terror -
The Cold War
political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc.
