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Russian Revolution
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Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers and families are protest at the czar's winter palace and 500-1000 are killed by commanders -
Russia enters WWI
Nicholas takes russia into the war -
March Revolution
200,000 workers protested in Petrograd, troops were ordered to shoot but later joined them. Czar Nicholas II steps down. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin takes over Russia with help of the Bolshevik Red Guard.s -
Civil war starts
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Russia signs peace treaty with Germany
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Civil War ends
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Lenin launches the New Economic Policy
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Country changes name to USSR
USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics