unit 6 1900 to present

  • Russo-Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War

  • Battle of Tannenberg

    Battle of Tannenberg

    massive defeats at hands of Hidenburg and Ger
  • Nicholas left for the Front

    Nicholas left for the Front

  • Rasputin assassinated

    Rasputin assassinated

    the collapse of governent
  • Amnesty granted to all political prisoners

    Amnesty granted to all political prisoners

    Lennin arrival in Petrograd
  • The march revolution

    The march revolution

  • Duma declared itself to The provisional government

    Duma declared itself to The provisional government

  • Czar Nicholas II gave up his power

    Czar Nicholas II gave up his power

    he abdicated his power
  • Tsar thus abdicated

    Tsar thus abdicated

    tsar ordered soldiers to intervene
  • Lenin formed the Military-Revolutionary Council

    Lenin formed the Military-Revolutionary Council

    he urged the pet soviet to pass Army order #1
  • Leon Trotsky gained the confidence of the army

    Leon Trotsky gained the confidence of the army

    "the red miracle"
  • The November Revolution

    The November Revolution

  • Communists vs. their political opponents

    Communists vs. their political opponents

  • Signed peace treaty with Germany

    Signed peace treaty with Germany

    Russia lost much of its western territory
  • Bolshevik Party

    Bolshevik Party

    renamed the Communist party
  • lenin ruled russia

    lenin ruled russia

  • Russia becomes USSR

    Russia becomes USSR

  • lenin died at age 54

    lenin died at age 54

    Lenin power
  • cold war started

    cold war started