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Russo-Japanese War
The military conflict between Russian empire and the empire of Japan. -
Duma is created
The duma was created to give Russia a new constitution and give people a voice in the government. A duma is a group of people. -
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World War I
Trench warfare fought within Europe, which began with Russia, England, France fighting against Germany, Austria, Italy. Fighting would eventually expand to include other countries outside Europe -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
He was the last emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894-1917. He was forced to quit because the people no longer had faith in his ability to lead -
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Russian Civil War
The red army wins against the white army. The red army contained the people who liked communist and the white army were people who opposed it -
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November Revolution
The November revolution was a civil The German federal constitutional monarchy was replaced with a democratic parliamentary republic. -
Stalin takes over as General Secretary of the Communist Party
Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union because the people thought he was less evil than Trotsky. Stalin killed the people against him to make sure he would become the leader. -
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1st 5 year plan
Stalin wanted to concentrate on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture. Peasants would have to give up there farmland and crops to pay for it. -
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Stalins great purge
More than one half million people are killed nationwide. Stalin killed everyone who he thought was against him, some innocent people died. This was known as the great terror and it lasted for 2 years. -
Stalin dies
Stalin died at age 74 because he had a stroke. 4 days of mourning were declared for him. -
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Leonid Brezhnev leads Soviet Union
He was the leader of the Soviet Union after Kruschev. Under his leadership the Soviet economy and quality of goods got worse. -
Perestroika
Reforming the economic and political system. This allowed more independence for factories and markets. -
Glasnost
Soviet citizens were allowed to publicly speak about problems of the system and solutions for them. -
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Gorbachev is named General Secretary of the Communist Party
Gorbachev is a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
End of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev's decisions to allow elections and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began to make it more of a democracy and not communist control.
