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Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader.
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, which Russia had taken from China in 1898. Also it Shook national confidence in their progress and rule of Czar. Also dispute over Manchuria with Japan
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Unarmed demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
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The Duma calls on the tsarist government to ratify democratic reforms Goremykin, the tsar’s prime minister, says the Duma has no authority to make such demands.
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Germany declares war on Russia, with Russia entering the First World War. Also St Petersburg is renamed Petrograd to make it sound less German
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A series of public protests begin in Petrograd, which lasted for eight days and eventually resulted in the monarchy in Russia. The total number of killed and injured in Petrograd is estimated around 1,300 people.
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In November 1917 Russia got the world's first communist government. Lead by Lenin, communists took over the vital city of St Petrograd and removed the Provisional Government from power.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's participation in WW1.
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The Red Army invades and occupies Crimea and the White Army is forced to withdraw.
