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In Senate Square in St. Petersburg 3,000 Rusisian soldiers marched in protest to Nicholas I taking power. They got their name because of the month the revolt took place in, December.
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Durring the rule of Alexander II The Peasent Reform of 1861 went into effect. This gave more than 23 million people the liberties. This gave the serfs the right to own land, and marry freely.
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In 1905 Russian troops shot at croud of workers who were petitioning Nicholas II. This became known as Bloody Sunday. And it sparked many more revolts, strikes, riots and assiassinations.
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Germany declared war on Russia because Russia had mobilized its army the previous day. When this was announced, the people of Germany were ecstatic.
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Rasputin was basically a tank, he had an attempted assassionation once, and then a second time somebody finally killed him, after poising him, shooting him twice beating him, and drowned.
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In Russia 90,000 textile workers went on strike because of the low supply of fuel and bread.
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Nicolas instructed the city's Commandant that they should take "firm measure" and sent troops to restore order.
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The Bolsheviks overtrew the interim leaders in the Soviet Union. This Coup was only planned 6 months in advanced.
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The Bolsheviks sent Red Army soldiers to kill Nicholas and his family and his docter and three of his servants.
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This Treaty was put into place to provide peace by punishing Germany and setting up a Leauge of Nations to solve international problems.
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Starting in 1922 when Stalin became the General Secratary of the Comunist Party, and from that position he began to get more and more supporters and when Lenin dies he becomes the leader of the USSR
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Lenin passed away in 1924 from a stroke.
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In Northern Ireland 26 unarmed protesters were shot in a Cival Rights march
