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- Czar Alexander focused on making sure that the nobility was promoted, this caused distrust between the czar and the peasants that eventually led to civil war.
- His main goals while he was in power were "one man, one religion, one race", in other words he was trying to turn Russia into "one person" rather than a collection of many people.
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- Czar Nicholas had a very poor reputation amongst the Russian people, this was mainly because of his refusal to allow citizens of Russia to participate in the government.
- His refusal to listen to his advisors caused his downfall, this occured after he entered WWI and caused even more trouble for his country.
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- The Russo-Japanese war was a conflict between Russia and Japan, it was caused over the tension between them trying to claim the same piece of land as their own.
- Russia ultimately lost the war to Japan due to Japan's more capable military, this caused even more distrust between the people of Russia and the Czar eventually forcing Czar Nicholas to create a constitutional monarchy.
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- The Duma was an elected legislature that gave more say to the people, Czar Nicholas created it as a way to pacify the revolutionists although he gave them as little power as possible.
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- The Russian people were upset with their living conditions so 200,000 people marched the Czar's palace to demand change, even though the Czar and his family were not in the palace mass killings occurred.
- Bloody Sunday was one of the leading causes of the Russian Revolution, it caused uprisings across the country and caused Czar Nicholas to agree to create the Duma (An elected government that had as little power as possible).
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- Russia joined World War I when Serbia was attacked, this was because Russia had a prior alliance with Serbia.
- Getting involved in the war was an unpopular decision amongst the people, and it led to Czar Nicholas stepping down.
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- Rasputin was a peasant that worked for the royal family, he was told about their son Alexi's illness and was able to help manage his symptoms.
- He became the Czarina's closest advisor, and he was assassinated by nobles due to the role he played in the government.
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- The Bolshevik revolution was when Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party overthrew the provisional government to seize control of Russia, this event led to the clash of the Red Army and the White army during the Russian Civil War.
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- The March Revolution was when Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne and the provisional government took over, this event led Lenin closer to achieving his goal of communism.
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- The Russian Civil war was the clash between the White army (the Bolsheviks) and the white army (anti-Bolshevik Russians and foreign powers), The Red army won the war and it led to a period of horrible famine and poverty in Russia.
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- The USSR was established by the Bolsheviks (now known as the communist party) after they won the Russian Civil war, It stayed in place until it was broken up after the Cold War.
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- Vladimir Lenin died from a series of strokes, this set off a competition to become the leader of the USSR. Lenin didn't particularly like any of the candidates.
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- Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the USSR after Vladimir Lenin's death, he was a paranoid ruler who ruled as a dictator.
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- Leon Trotsky was exiled after Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as the ruler of the USSR, he was in exile for 10 years before he was killed from a pickaxe to the head. Many blamed his death on Joseph Stalin