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Rasputin
Russian nobles killed Rasputin. They tried poisoning him, shooting him, and beating him, but he didn't die until he fell in the river and drowned. -
Czar Nicholas II
Military and political leaders advise Czar Nicholas II to step down. He does and a temporary government is formed. -
Lenin Returns
Lenin comes back to Russia. Germany helped him because they hoped that Lenin coming back would weaken Russia. -
July Days
There are protests in Petrograd against the temporary government. Lenin is forced into hiding. -
Casualties
There are more than 50,000 Russian casualties in battle against Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Land
Peasants get their land taken away. -
Bolshevik Government
A second revolution happens and the Bolsheviks take over the government -
Peace With Germany
Bolshevik government seeks peace with Germany. -
Calender
Russia changes it's calender to the Gregorian one, so they're the same as the rest of Europe, so the date is now the 14th. -
Communists
The Bolshevik party changes their name to the Communist party. -
Brest-Litovsk
Lenin signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and loses a bunch of land. -
Civil War
The Reds and Whites start a civil war and the czar and his family are executed. -
Assassination Attempts
Lenin gets serious injuries from assassination attempts. -
Foreign Forces
British, American, Japanese, and other foreign forces intervene in Russia. -
Royals
The Bolsheviks kill more royal people after the Romanovs. -
Victory
The Communist government wins and there is hardly any more fighting. -
Bullet
Doctors remove a bullet from Lenin's neck, stil there from the 1918 assassination attempt. -
General Secretary
Stalin is the General Secretary. -
USSR
The U..S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) is established. -
Lenin dies
Lenin died and his body was preserved and placed in Red Square for more than 65 years.
