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Marxists Revolutionaries split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
The Russo-Japanese war
Russia and japan disagreed on who should get Korea and Manchuria so they signed a series of agreements but later Russia broke them. Japan then attacked the russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers and families approached the czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. They wanted better working conditions, personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas II’s generals ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd, killing several hundred and wounding more than 1000. -
Duma
The first duma met, the leaders wanted russia to become a constitutional monarchy like Britain. The czar dissolved the duma because he didn’t want to share his power. -
Russia joins
Nicholas II decided to bring Russia into WW1. Russia wasn’t prepared at all, they couldn’t handle the military and economic cost and they had weak generals and poorly equipped troops. -
The March Revolution
Women textile workers led a citywide strike in Petrograd, which started many other riots. The soldiers were first told to shoot the rioters but later sided with them. The Czar stepped down but the revolution never accomplished a strong government to replace him. -
The Provisional Government Topples
Armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. They called themselves Bolshevik Red Guards. They arrested leaders of the provisional government and they took over government offices. -
Civil War Rages in Russia
Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia surrendered a large part of its territory to germany and its allies. -
Comparing World Revolutions
The Russian Revolution was like the French revolution, they both attempted to destroy existing social and political structures. Also both revolutionaries used violence and terror to control people. -
New Economic Policy
Lenin wanted a small-scale version of capitalism. This allowed peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of giving them to the government. The government's controlled factories, businesses, and private farms -
Political reforms
Russia was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution.