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Lenin is arrested
Lenin is arrested and kept in solitary for a couple of months and then is exiled to Siberia for 3 years. -
Nicholas II
Became Czar -
Split of RSDLP
The party splits into two groups,the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. -
Russo-Japanese War
Defeat for Russians in this war led to political instability. -
Bloody Sunday
In St.Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution. -
Constitution is created
A constitution, the Fundamental Laws of 1906, is created. -
Conditions
The state of Russia is horrible. -
WWI
WWI begins. -
Czar in the army
Czar Nicholas II takes command of the Russian Army. -
Death of Rasputin
He was the Czars and his wife's guider. -
Lenin
He becomes ruler. He has complete control. -
Russian Revolution
Led to rise of the Soviet Union. -
Czar Abdicates
He gave up his power. -
Mensheviks,Socialist Revolutionaries
The Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the government. -
Influenza Epidemic
One of the most devastating outbreaks of disease in modern times. -
Bolshevik
Renamed it the Communist Party-March 1918. -
Peace with Germany
Lenin gets Russia out of WWI. Signs peace treaty with Germany -
Czar's Death
Czar of Russia was killed. -
Poland
Poland invades Russia. -
Whites
They surrender. -
End of Russian Civil War
Communists vs. Political Opponents -
USSR
The USSR is established. -
Death of Lenin
Lenin dies at the age of 53. -
Stalin
Stalin rises to power in the Soviet Union. -
Disintegration of Soviet Union
The Soviet Union came to an end because of the lack of support for communism.