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200,00 workers and families came to the czar for better working conditions via petition.
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First Duma met. Leaders wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britain.
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Nicholas II of Russia made a terrible mistake of joining WWI - unable to support military costs. Weak soliders and poor generals - German army outmatches Russian army
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Women in textile industry went on citywide riots. Screamed "Down with autocracy!" "Down with war!" - Soldiers soon sided with the rioters.
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Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in petrograd. Bolshevik Red Guards - took over goverment offices.
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Russian and German forces signed a treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia gave land to Germany.
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1918-1920 - Civil war raged in Russia
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Lenin put aside his plan for state-controlled economy. Instead, he resorted to a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policey.
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The Bolsheviks named their government the USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
