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MARXISTS REVOLUTIONARIES SPLIT
Marxisits revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
REVOLTING RUSSIANS
News of repeated Russian losses sparked unrest at home and led to a revolt in the midst of war. -
CZAR'S WINTER PALACE
200,000 workers carried a petition asking for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicolas II ordered soldiers to fire at the crowd. -
THESE DUMAS AREN'T DUMMIES
The first meeting of the Duma. Leaders were moderates who wanted Russia to have a similar constitution as Britain. Duma was dissolved after 10 weeks. -
THE DRAGGING OF THE WAR
Russia was dragged into World War I by Nicholas II. Russia was unprepared, and they were no match for Germany. Before one year more than 4 million soldiers were killed or wounded. It revealed the weakness of czarist rule. -
STRIKE! STRIKE!
Women textile workers led a city wide strike in Petrograd. Five days were riots and shortages of bread and fuel, 200,000 workers were in the streets. -
GOVERNMENT CRUMBLES!
Armed factory workers stormed Winter Palace in Petrograd calling themselves the Bolshevik Red guards. Kerensky and his collegues disappeared almost as quickly as the czarist regime they replaced. They took over government offices and arrested leaders of provisional government. -
THE TREATY HAS BEEN SIGNED!
Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. -
WHITE ARMY AID!
Several western nations including the United States sent military aid to Russia to help the White Army, but the Red Army ended up winning. -
STATE CONTROLLED POLICY
Lenin put aside his plan for state-controlled economy. -
NEW NAME!
The country was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution.