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Revolution
The Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate his throne and put on house arrest . -
April Theses
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General Kamilar Affair
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Petrograd provisional government
The Bolsheviks , fed up with provisional Government , stamed Petrograd and overthorw the government with small resistance .This caused the Bolshevik Revolution -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsky
Lenin had his treaty signed to get Russia out of WW1. The treaty gave Germany parts of Eussian lands as well as coal mines. -
New Economic Policy - (NEP)
When Lenin realized that his War Communism policy was failing , he came up with a new idea to appease the russian peasants. In order to make this plan work, he had to compromise some of his Marxist beliefs.The NEP allowed peasants and farmers to sell any surplus they had , as well as some private trade and private ownership. -
Treaty of Rapallo
This treaty between Germany and Soviet Russia was an agreement to end with all other treaties with each others. They agreed to ``Co-operate with a spirit of mutual goodwill in meeting the economic needs to both countries.´´ -
Lenin's Death
Lenin's death in January was a huge loss un Russia. Thousands came to the hall where his embalmed body was kept . Upon his death , Lenin's position as party leader started a political war between Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky -
Political Upset
Upon the death of Lenin, the position of leader of the party was between two men Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.Although Leon Trotsky was the most liked person to take the position , but it was Stalin whi won the political war.Stalin had been appointed as Generak-Secretary by Lenin , and with that position was able to appoint Government menbers to positions of power , which helped give him the political leeway to set into power. -
First Five-Year Plan
It was a list of economic goals, created by Joseph Stalin and based off his policy of Socialism in One Country, that was designed to strengthen the country's economy between 1928 and 1932. -
Normalization
From 1932 to 1935, the government tried to normalize Russia by slowly intergrading it back into international relations by making pacts with other countries . These acts of normalization were part of Stalin's five year plans. -
Second five Year Plan
Stalin decided to implement a second five year plan in 1933. This plan focused more on heavy industries such as steel , as well, communications , such as rail roads were improved- Agriculture also desinigrated due to the lack of experienced farmers , who were all killed or arrested during the years of War Communism .Due to factories focussing on military equipment instead of other consumer seeds , the soviets slowly began their descent from power. -
Stalin Joined League of Nations
Soviet Russia joined League of nations , bringing more some military back to the league.However, after an agression uprising between Russia and Findland , Russia was expelled from the League on December 14th 1939 -
Agreements to help France support Czechoslovakia
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Help for republicans in the Civil War against Franco
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The purges
These purger were used to kill astronomical amounts of people. Stalin had secret police which controlled menbers of society in case someone was plottong against him . He also had a secret police spying on his secret police. Stalin's control of everyone has been copied in books and films such as ``1984´´ by George Orwell. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
This non- agression pact , signed between Germany and Russia, was a pact to both invade and split Poland . They also would not attack each other , because a war could came up ( happened soon) . This could be seen as a sign of WW1 . The pact probably wouldn't have been made if it hadn't been necessary. -
Break of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union -
The War of the Motherland
Germany attacked
