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He gave the serf more freedom but they were still not happy
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(1894-1917) He married German Princess Alix of Hesse. Not the best the of Russian Czars.
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The groups split into two Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.
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Japan forced Russia to abandon its policy in the East. Japan becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power.
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This was the uprising that was convincing csar Nicholas II to attempt to transform the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. The peasants revolted.
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Gapon led 200,000 to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.Soldiers moved in and fired on the crowd. They killed 500 and 3000 wounded. The blood stained snow at the Winter Palace.
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Russia joins becuase Austria hungary declared war on serbia. Then germany declared war on Russia
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Nicholas II and his family are taken down in there basement to get a "picture" and they were shot at and killed.
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Kerensky’s provisional government wouldn’t end the war and Bolsheviks gained support during the next 9 months
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Riots broke out in Petrograd and Nicholas II abdicated the throne
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Nicholas II gave up his spot on the throne becuase russia was collapsing
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Lenin ordered Trotsky to make the red army go and attack the Winter palace and take it over . The Bolsheviks succeeded at capturing the palace
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The Reds were led by Leon Trotsky.The Whites were upper & middle class supporters of the czar.The Reds had support of the peasants and a much larger army. By 1922 reds won, with 28 million deaths on both sides.
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Lenin had a series of brain hemorrhages. January 21, 1924 Lenin died at 53.
