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russian revolution
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Reign of Czar alexander 3
-He promoted the nobility class
-His three goals were autocracy, orthodoxy, and national homogeneity -
Reign of Czar Nicholas
-He wanted to keep an absolute ruler monarchy
-He created the Duma
-He was blamed for all the mistakes that happened in Russia -
Russo-Japanese War
-It was started because of a disagreement over land in northern China
-Japan had more ground troops and superior naval forces
-After the war the citizens went on strike and Czar Nicholas got and even worse reputation -
Bloody Sunday
-200,000 Russian workers marched to demand better living and working conditions
-Police fired into a crown of people and killed 100 and injured 3,000
-The long term consequences of bloody sunday were internal strife and disorder -
Russia in WW1
-The citizens blamed the czar for fighting in the war and how bad they did -
Stalin's rise to power
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death of Grigori Rasputin
-He was known as a healer and an exorcist
-He assumed control of the Russian government and did a terrible job
-He replaced government officials with his friends
-He was assassinated December 29, 1916
-He was killed by the nobility -
Bolshevik Revolution
-Lenin created the Cheka(secret police)
-6,000 people were killed by the Red Army during the Red Terror
-Leon Trotsky was the Red Army leader
-The Romanovs family was killed -
Civil War
-Red Army vs White Army
-Red was the Bolsheviks/communist
White was the WW1 allies
-Red Army had control of industrial areas
-White Army had more soldiers
-White Army was not unified
-Red Army won -
Establishment of the USSR
-Created by Lenin
-Created from the Bolshevik/communist party -
Lenin's death
-He died at age 51
-He died from a Hemorrhagic stroke -
leon trotsky exile
