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Nicholas II becomes the leader of Russia known as the Tsar.
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Bloody Sunday was the open firing and killing of approx 200 people by the Tsar's troops on unarmed demonstrators. Who were steelworkers demanding improved conditions and political reform.
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Germany declares war on Russia; bringing Russia into the first World War.
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Riots and strikes broke out across St.Petersburg in Russia over the scarcity of food in the country.
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The Tsar was forced to abdicate by the Petrograd insurgents, so they could form a provisional Government.
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Over 3 days Vladimir Lenin takes over the provisional government of Russia as the head of the Russian Communist Party.
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The Civil war in Russia fought from 1917- 1922 between the Reds ( Bolsheviks, later known as the communist party.) and the Whites ( anti-communist forces aided and supported by the Triple Entente.)
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A peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers of WWI ending the participation of Russia in the First World War.
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed by.... comprised of Russia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. At the time lead by Lenin
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Stalin announces his first 5-year plan for Russian industrialization, to be able to catch up with the West which was miles ahead of Russia.
