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A small group of nobles and army tried to overthrow the Carz's government
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Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia.
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Japan and Russia fought for control over Manchuria. (Region in China)
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Thousands of unarmed men, women, and children carried banners of the Czar and his wife, sining the Czar's hymn "God Save Thy People".
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Russia formed an alliance with Germany, but was later broken by Hitler when he attacked Russia.
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Bolsheviks win war against Mensheviks leading to Nicholas II abdicating the throne
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Nicholas gives up the throne after riots and strikes erupted in the captial, protesting the war and the food shortage.
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Leon Trotksy set up and trained a communist army, Red Army. British troops, White Army.
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Communism won the battle and then the USSR was created in 1922
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Vladimir Lenin died on January 21, 1924
