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Marxist revolutionaries leave
Marxist revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics, while the Bolsheviks are ready. Vladimit Lenin is elected leader. -
The Russo-Japanese war
In the late 1800s Russia and japan competed for korea and manchuria. In 1904 news of constant losses sparked unrest. -
Bloody sunday
Workers walked up to Czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg with a petition for better working conditions and Nicholas the second ordered the firing squad to shoot at them. -
The duma
After bloody sunday the Russian goverment made the duma which was Russia's first parliment for freedom. Leaders wanted to be constitutional monarchy and since Czar was hesitant to share power he dissolved the plan. -
Final Blow
Nicholas the second joined world war one, unprepared they were mowed by German fire and constant defeat showed weakness in the Czarist rule and military leadership -
March Revolution
Women textile workers in Petrodad led to a city wide strike. The riots were over food shortages and soldiers shot them then sided with them and forced Czar to step down. -
Provisional Goverment topples
Armed workers stormed the winter palace calling themselves the Bolshevik red guards and took over govermant offices also arrested leaders of the provisonal goverment. -
Treaty
Russia and Germany signed the treaty of brest-litvsk and surredered a large amount of territory to Germany and spreaded anger in Russia. -
Civil war
Several western nations sent little military aid to the white star, and the red star won. -
Economic Policy
Instead of a state controlled economy Lenin choose the New Economic Policy. And it allowed peasents to sell cropswhile the government controlled Major Industries and banks. -
USSR
Lenin changes Russia into the Soviet Union in honor of the council launching the bolshevik revolution. Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin faced for head of the communist party.