Russian Revolution

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  • Nicholas II becomes Czar of Russia

  • Centuries of autocratic rule by the czars

  • Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne

  • Russia loses war with Japan

  • Dissatisfied workers organize strike

  • Revolution of 1905—Bloody Sunday

  • Russia enters World War I

  • Bolshevik Revolution topples provisional government

  • Civil War between Red and White Armies

  • Lenin Returns to Russia

  • March Revolution

  • Provisional government is established

  • Bolsheviks change name to Communist Party

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI

  • Stalin becomes Dictator

  • Lenin suffers first stroke

  • Russia is organized into several self-governing republics

  • Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)