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Czar Nicholas II
Czar Nicholas II promises reforms to aid the troubled country, but does not deliver -
World War I
the militery crisis unifies the country and provides a distraction from poor living conditions -
Czar Nicholas II
the czar takes control of the army despite having little militery training and leaves his wife behind to rule the country -
Revolution
unnhappy citizens take the capitol of Petrograd and Nicholas is forced to abdicate, or step down, as czar -
Russian Army
The Russian Army launches one last attack against the Central Powers. The millitary is crushed, opening a weakness for Vladimir Lenin -
Red Guard
The Red Guard attacks the Provisional Government and takes the country in a near bloodless struggle -
The Red Guard
after three years of fighting a civil war between the Bolshevik's Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army is victorious -
Lenin
Lenin creates the New Economic Policy -
U.S.S.R.
The U.S.S.R. is created -
Lenin
Lenin dies of a stroke