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The Russo-Japanese war begins
They both fight over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. -
Protests shooting
The citizens start to protest in front of Czar II house, because of low wages and poor working conditions. The army ordered them to disperse but they didn't so they started shooting. -
Czar II abdicates the throne
Czar II gives the throne to his brother,but his brother does not want it so Russia becomes a state of the people. -
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russian revolution/russian civil war
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February Revolution Cont.
The troops of the petrograd start to get called in to calm the riots and they kill people in doing so, but this did not stop the protesters and the soldiers started to waver. -
February Revolution triumph
The revolution wins and soldiers formed committees to vote for deputies for the petrograd army. The imperial Government resigned and formed another govenment to peacefully stop the soldiers from attacking in the revolution. -
provisional government established
The Provisional Government was established, and Russia was left in their powers after csar quit. -
Lenin returns
Lenin returns with the help of the germans seeking to start a revolution. He then publishes his april thesis. -
Council of People's Commissars
The new government,Council of People's Commissars, withdrew Russia fromt he war with Germany. -
Council of People's Commissars
The new government,Council of People's Commissars, withdrew Russia fromt he war with Germany. -
The Cossacks declare independence
The Cossacks declare their independence and form republic of don -
The Ukrainians declare independence
The Ukrainians declare their independence from Russia. -
Lithuanians declare their independence
While still under German occupation, the Lithuanians declare their independence from Russia. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion. Russia sacrificed a quarter of land under this treaty. -
The Transcaucasians declare independence
The Transcaucasians declare their independence from Russia and form the Transcaucasian Republic. This Republic will dissolve on May 26, 1918. -
Czar II and his family are executed
Czar had taken his job lightly and was not good at domestic affairs and the people of his country started to resent him. Later he and his family had to move, becasue of the war. Then in siberia some drunk men came into their place and started firing killing him and his family. -
Czar killed
The Bolsheviks took Czar and his family into custody, and later killed them at Yekaterinburg. -
The Whites
The counterrevolutionaries began to organize their own group called The Whites. -
russian civil war
The Reds and The Whites fought a bloody and violent civil war for the next three years. -
France joins in he russian civil war
The French join in the civil war to help the white army. They sent troops to support them and take over the city of Odessa. -
Treaty of Versailles
It ended the world war I and the winners have to decide what to do to the losers of the war. -
Poland invades Russia
The red army and the polish kept having fights that continously escalated and poland finally declared war. The poland took over kiev and the Bolsheviks countered and drove them back. Then ending with the russians wanting peace. -
The Reds Win
The Communists win the civil war fought against the whites -
New Economic Policy
Lenin sees that russia is falling due to their economy and makes a new economic policy. Nep was used as a private trade were people traded their food and resources for money. -
Treaty of Rapallo
The treaty of repallo allowed russia and Germany to trade. Russia received industrial manufacturing technology from the germans. Germany received training and weapons from russia. They both benefited greatly from this since they were both outcast to the other nations. -
Lenin dies
After getting shot two times his health started to detoriate. He had three strokes, but kept working leading up to his death.
