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Grigori Rasputin was Assasinated.
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Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne.
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The Petrograd Soviets formed on February 27th, 1917.
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Was caused by Russia's bad state in the war against Germany, lack of basic needs and an alliance of socialists and liberals who wanted reform. Strikes in Petrograd were fought back by police. This caused riots and chaos.
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The government of Russia was overthrown as they seized the Winter Palace. Petrograd workers began several strikes and demonstrations, that ended up in a revolution.
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Russia is controlled by Communists.
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Lenin is shipped from Germany to Russia.
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The order to execute the russian royalty was signed by Yakov Sverdlov. Around midnight, he ordered the Romanovs' physician, Dr. Eugene Botkin, to wake them up and have them put on their clothes, using the excuse that the family would be moved to a safe location because of impending chaos in Yekaterinburg. Then they were taken into the basement and executed by police.
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The war lasted from 1918-1921.
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Lenin signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
