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Marxists revolutionaries disagree over reevolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolshevika are ready to risk everything. The Charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader.
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Japan attacted Russia because Russia had broken a series of agreements they had over teritories. This caused a revolt in Russia.
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Soldiers fire at a crowd of 200,000 bringing a petition for better working conditions to the winter palace. 1,000 were wounded and hundreds were dead
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First Duma met, its leaders were moderates who wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britian.
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Nicholas II brought Russia into the war. Russia was defeated back to back proving the weakness of czarist rule and military leadership.
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Woman Textile workers in Petrograd led a citywidestrike. 200,000 workers swarmed streets shouting "Down with the autocracy" and "down with the war."
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Factory workers, calling themselves Bolshevik Red Gurads, took over government offices and arrest the leaders of the provisional government.
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Russian and Germany signed the treaaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russian surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies
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The Red Guard fought against a White army made of different groups that dissagreed on lots of subjects but came together to defeat the Red Gurad
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Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state controlled economy. Instead he resorted to the new econmic policy.
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Russia was named the union of soviet union socialist republics in honor of the councils that helped launce the Bolshevik revolution.
