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1921 BCE
The Bolsheviks finally won the Civil War
The Bolsheviks expected communist revolutions to break out all over Europe but, except for a
small one in Germany, they did not. -
1921 BCE
Lenin
Lenin introduced a New Economic Policy to restore order and increase prosperity
after the chaos of Revolution, Civil War, and War Communism and die in 1924 -
1918 BCE
Russia was divided
Russia was divided:
White Russians and red army -
1917 BCE
Provisional government
In March the Tsar gave up the throne (abdicated) and a provisional government was formed under the leadership of
Kerensky. -
1905 revolution
Russia´s defeat in a war with Japann provoked rebellion -
The War
Russian Empire joined World War I -
New leader of the army
The Tsar himself took control of the army -
The impacts of the First World War
More than 1.5 million soldiers had died by the end of 1917 -
Riots broke out in Petrograd
The Tsar lost support and control: his soldiers
refused to fire on the mobs or deserted to join the rioting workers
