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Alexander ll assasinate by the people will this leads to the introduction of the repressive temporarry laws .
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new strict criminal code introduced
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university statute restricts academic freedoms lenins elder brother executed for his involvement in a plot to murder alexander lll
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zemstvo act sets up a network of rural councils .
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construction of the trans siberian railway
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under sergei witte's leadership russia experiences the great spurt in industrial production
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accession of nicholas ll ,who will be the last tsar
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all russian social democratic workers party of marxist revolutionaries formed
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Tsar nicholas ll rule over the russlan empire with absolute power.
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russla suffered humillating defeats in a war against japan which led to protests and calls for reform .
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after blood sunday ,nicholas ll agreed to allow a duma , or legislature for the people .
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russia entered wwl and quickly suffered heavy losses in major deats to germany along the eastem front .
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revolts in petrograd forced the tsar to abdicate and a provisional republic was established
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lenin ansd the bolsshevilks take control in petrograd and overthrow the republic
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bolsheviks fight and win a civil war against the white army
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third international founder
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denkin finally routed
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lenin established the union of soviet socialist republics under the control of the commmunist party
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stalin became the sile ruler of the ussr and created a totalitarian state
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Global rivalry between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
Capitalism vs. Communism
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