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Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas 1 over the throne.
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Nicholas II was the czar of Russia from 1884 - 1917. He married German princess Alix of Hesse. Not the most competent of Russian Czars.
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Russian Expansion provoked Japan. Nicholas II had hoped this would end good and him more popular, Russia got overan by the Japanese. Nicholas II became less popular after the war
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Peasents revolted, openly took hay and timber. Peasants protested to get more land, and also complained about poor living conditions
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Father Gapon, a Russian Orthodox led 200,000 to the winter palace in St. Petersburg. Soldiers moved in and fired on a protesting crowd, 500 died and over 3,000 more were wounded. After this tragedy, Nicholas II was forced to grant more reforms to peasants.
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1912 - the party split into two groups, Bolsheviks , radical led by Lenin, and the Mensheviks - Conservative
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Russia entered World War 1 with the biggest army in the world, 1,400,000 soldiers. Russia used a lot of supplies for the army during the war.
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After strikes and revolts, Nicholas II is forced to abdicate the throne.
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Kerensky’s provisional government wouldn’t end the war, and the Bolsheviks gained support during the next 9 months.
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Battle from 1918-1922 between the "Reds" and "Whites". The reds had support from the peasants and were a much bigger army. The Whites had support from the government. In 1922, the "Reds" defeated the "Whites" in this Russian Civil War.
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Vladimir Lenin dies from a series of hemmorhages in the brain. Josheph Stalin then took over as the leader of Russia
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To prevent a family member of Nicholas II to become the new leader of Russia, him and his family were executed by Russian soldiers as they thought they were getting their picture taken.
