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Bolshevik Revolution
Bolsheviks with the leading of Lenin took the control over Petrograd. They got the opportunity to establish the USSR -
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Civil War
Civil War happened between 1918-1921. War broke out between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks (red against white). Bolsheviks controlled the center of the city and made the victory. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The peace Treaty between Russia and Germany meant Russia left WWI, Russia could focus on its internal affairs -
NEP
It partially restored former market conditions and monetary exchange. It served self-interest in order to motivate people. Unfortunately it opposed the socialist idea -
Formation of the USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic -
Death of Lenin
Staling gained power -
Constitution of the USSR
Theoretically, it gives a federal system of independent republics with a legislative, All-Soviet Congress, and executive body called the Executive Committee. It has a dictatorship -
Five-year plan
Its aim was to speed up the building of socialism. It was unpopular because it demanded a social transformation