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Marxist Revolutionaries split
Marxist Revolutionaries diagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenein becomes the leader. -
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Historical Events
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Japanese War
Russia and Japan argued over some territories. They made an agreement over the territory. Over some time, Russia broke it. Japan attacked Russia at the Port Arthur, Manchuria. Russia lost the war and the Russian people started to revolt against the government. -
Bloody Sunday
About 200,000 workers and their families went to the Czar’s winter palace in St. Petersburg. They wanted better working conditions, freedom and elected national legislature. Nicholas the second ordered his soldiers to fire on the crowd. More than 1,000 people were wounded and hundreds were killed. In the end, Nicholas promised more freedom in the country. -
Duma
The Duma was Russia’s first parliament. Leaders wanted Russia to become constitutional monarchy like Britain. Nicholas the second did not to share his power, so the Duma ended after 10 weeks. -
The Final Blow
Nicholas the second brought Russia into World War 1. THey didn't know how to fight and were very unprepared. One year passed. and more than 4 million Russian soldiers killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. -
The March Revolution
Women in the textile industry in Petrograd went on a strike. Nearly 200,000 people joined the striked. The soldiers was ordered to shoot them, But they soon stopped the shooting and joined the sides of the strikers. -
The Provisional Government Topples
Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd. They took over the government offices and arrested the leaders. They took the farmland and divided it up equally to the pensants. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia surrendered a large part of territory to Germany and their allies. Russians got mad and there would be a response. Theythen killed the royal family. -
The Civil War in Russia
The civil war in Russia started in 1918 and ended in 1920. The Bolsheviks' (the people who stormed the winter palace in Petrograd, and took over government offices) opponents were the White Army. The White Army supported Czar and wanted a democratic government. -
New Economic Policy
Lenin temporarily put aside his plans for a state-controlled economy and went to a smaller size capitalism. It was called the New Economic Policy (NEP). This allowed people to sell surplus crops but the government controlled major industries. -
Stalin Becomes a Dictator
Russia got a new name, the Soviet Union. Stalin took over Russia/ Soviet Union. He took over because Lenin suffered a stroke.
