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Russian army officers led over thousands of soldiers in protest against Nicholas's assumption off the throne.
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Czar Alexander II emancipates the serfs saying that it would be better to abolish serfs now than wait for them to uprise.
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Nicholas II inherited the throne from his fathers death. He did not know anything about being a czar and was not prepared to be one.
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Nicholas was not trained enough to rule, which led to chaos with russia until finally he abdicated.
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The Russian socialism labor party splits into The Bolsheviks (red army) and the Mensheviks (white army).
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This was the first great war of the 20th century. It came to be out of Russia and Japans rivalries.
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Peaceful protesters/bystanders were ordered to be shot down by Nicholas II.
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The revolution of 1905 was a mass of political and social unrest through the russian empire.
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World War I was a war where all the countries of the world picked a side and fought the other.
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The czar was forced to abdicate and he was replaced by a provisional government. That government was removed and replaced with a communist one.
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Lenin ordered an attack on the winter palace and was surprised when the defenders gave up without trying.
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Kerensky became the second prime minister until the government was overthrown by the bolsheviks.
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The former Russian empire fights against the red and white armies.
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Without further word to anyone in russia Nicholas II and his family were executed.
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Lenin died after a series of strokes and Josef Stalin took power of the Soviets.
