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This was a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line. Called the Decembrists because it happened in December.
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This gave the serfs freedom and rights. Which allowed them to marry, buy land, and to own a business.
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Nicholas II became Czar after the death of his father Alexander III. He was a very poor leader, which led to his execution in 1918.
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The reason why they split up was because of a disagreement between Lenin and a man named Julius Martov. Lenin wanted members "who recognize the Party Programme and support it by material means and by personal participation in one of the party's organizations." While Julius Martov suggested "by regular personal assistance under the direction of one of the party's organizations."
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This occured because of a negotiation problem between Russia and Japan. This resulted in a Japanese win over Russia.
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Bloody Sunday was a day when a group of unarmed demonstrators came to the Winter Palace to have a petition signed. As they marched towards the palace, the Imperial Guards fired at them and killed most of them. This was considered as one of the events that lead to the Russian Revolution.
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A wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through most of the Russian empire. Made worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies.
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In the beginning of the war, Russia had the biggest army of about 5 million soldiers. Russia's main opponent was Nazi Germany, The defeat had injured Russia horribly, millions of people had died or been wounded.
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During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is made in his place.
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After the February Revolution, Alexander Kerensky served as Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government. In May he became Minister of War. In July he became the second Prime Minister until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.
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Lenin ordered an assault on the winter palace and was surprised that the defenders of the palace gave up with little resistance.
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The Russian Civil War was a war in the former russian empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the Menshevik White Army.
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The czar was forced to abdicate and he was replaced by a provisional government.
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Nicholas and his family were sent to a house to stay at and while they were there, they all lined a for a pciture. When they lined up for this picture, men with guns came up and killed them all.
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When Stalin becomes dictator of Russia, he forced industrialization and helped defeated the Nazi Germany is WWII.
