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Russo-Japanese War
Made public unhappy with Russian leadership, and put a strain on the economy -
Revolution of 1905
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Bloody Sunday
The tzar orders soldiers to fire on unarmed demonstrators, The Tzar loses public support, and many people become unhappy with the Tzar. -
Creation of the Duma
Creation of first russian parlament -
Russia Enters WWI
Russia entered WW1 which put an enormous strain on the Russian ecomomy and population. -
March Revolution Begins
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Nicholas II abdicates the throne
The Czar leaving the throne ended a three hundred year monarchy and left Russia open for a new type of Government -
Lenin returns from exile
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Kerensky heads the provisional government
The provisional gov't was weak and ineffective, which made it eazy for lenin to over through it. -
Civil War Begins
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Lenin Takes Power
Vladamir Lenin pionered Communism, and helped to stsblize Russia after its revolution. -
Russia pulls out of WWI (Brest-Litovsk)
Gave Germany almost one third of Russias territory. Made a large divisoin between supporters of the treaty and those who opposed it, lead to another Civil war. -
Assassination of Romanov fmaily
End of a Three hundred year Dynasty and the end of the tzarist rule in russia -
trotsky wins Civil War
Trotsky solidified the hold of the Comunist party on Russia soon to be the USSR -
Stalin Comes to power
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Russia Becoumes a totalitarian state
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Period: to
Great Purge
