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Tsar's imperial guards opened fire and masscared 100s of peaceful protesetors when they were trying to deilver the pettion to the winter palace -
Strikes and uprisings and looting arose after the events of Bloody Sunday, forcing Tsar Nicholas ll to issue the October Manifesto which promised reform and a parliment (the Duma) -
Russia entered world war 1, doing so they suffered massive military losses and many supplies shortages back in Russia -
Protests over food and supplies increased, leading to the resignation of Tsar Nicholas ll -
Duma created the first Provisional Government which marked a end to the czarist autocracy. -
The Bolshevik party, aided by german money and a powerful private army overthrew the already crumbling Provincial Government -
Anti-Bolshevik forces aided by the Entree Powers tried to overthrow the Bolshevik Party, but failed. -
Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy after economic collapse and peasent uprisings which allowed private trade and farming, easing war communism policies, which stabilized Russia