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Rasputin Assassinated 29 December 1916
Rasputin Assassinated
29 December 1916
-Very religious
-To save the monarchy, several members of the aristocracy murdered the holy man
-Known as the “Mad Monk” -
Bolshevik Revolution (seized the Winter Palace)-1917
- Took place in Russia was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world
- When Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became frustrated with their injuries and lives lost.
- The country of Russia was a disaster, and so ready for a revolution.
- People that the Winter Palace had been taken
- The leader of the Bolsheviks announced his attempt to construct the socialist ord
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The March Revolution March 8 - March 12, 1917
The March Revolution
March 8 - March 12, 1917 -In the first revolution of 1917, Czar was replaced by a Provisional government
-In the second revolution of October that year the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government.
-The February Revolution (March 1917) was a spontaneous popular revolution focused around St Petersburg -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates March 1917
-Nicholas was forced to resign
-Held first in the Czarskoye Selo palace, then near Tobolsk
-The advance, July 1918, of counter evolutionary forces caused the soviet of Yekaterinburg to fear that Nicholas might be liberated
-secret meeting: a death sentence was passed on the czar and his family, the were shot -
Petrograd Soviets formed
-Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies, was the council set up in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg, Russia) in March 1917- representative body of the city's workers
-The Petrograd Soviet became important during the Russian Revolution
-Lead up to the October Revolution as a rival power center to the Provisional Government. March 1917 -
Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia 1917-1924
-A Russian revolutionary and communist politician
-Led the October Revolution of 1917- leader of the Bolsheviks
-Ruled the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924)
-Fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War
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Communist control Russia 1917-1921
Communist control Russia 1917-1921 -Series of revolutions in Russia
-Destroyed the Tsarist autocracy
-Led to the creation of the Soviet Union -
Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk March 3, 1918
- -1917 Revolution was over and the war was very unpopular
- -Lenin needed peace at any cost and the concessions he made in this Treaty would be void if the West defeated Germany
- - It was a big win for the Bolsheviks, so they signed on 3 March 1918.
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Royal family murdered July 17 1918
Royal family murdered
July 17 1918 -Prisoners in deep sleep , awakened and ordered to dress for the city
-The Imperial Family descended to the basement where the Sovereign sat down, with his ill son, on a chair in the middle of the room
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Russian Civil War 1917–1921
Russian Civil War
1917–1921
Location: Russian Empire, Mongolia, Persia
Had Multiple Parties
-Russian Empire
-Russian provisional government
-Soviets
-Bolshevik
Between the Red Army and the White Army
