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Nicholas II becomes Czar/Tsar of Russia
Nicholas II had become the Czar/Tsar from the death of his father that would make him king. -
Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power
Mensheviks who wanted popular support of the revolution and the Bolsheviks who were willing to sacrifice everything for a change. The leader of the Bolsheviks was every powerful and later fled to western Europe to escape arrest. -
Russia loses war with Japan
Japon had pretty easily beat Russia, and fun fact was the first Asian power modern times to defeat a European power. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance made it possible for Japan to receive both military and financial support from the then hegemonic power of Great Britain. -
Revolution of 1905 - Bloody Sunday
200 people were shot by a rifle, which brought a shot lived revolution that made Tsar lost control of large areas of russia. -
Russia enters World War I
Russia had join the war to help their alliance Serbia, and to preserve their status and great power. -
Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
Czar Nicholas was forced to abdicate to the throne, this then left russia without a Czar for the first time in 300 years. -
Lenin Returns to Russia March Revolution
Lenin had returned to Russia with the help of aid from Germans, Lenin had secretly returned to Russia in a sealed train. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI
This caused Russia to lose territory that had produced one third of their grain harvest. -
Bolshevik Revolution defeats Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government
After defeating Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government, the Bolshevik had taken Czar and his wife, 3 girls and son into a basement and killed all of them -
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Civil War between Red and White Armies
From 1918 to 1921 the reds, Lenin Bolshevik government and the white, the Royals. WIth red winning from being more United also having almost everyone in russia wanting them to win to get rid of the royals. But it officially ended in 1922. -
Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)
In 1921 Lenin established the New Economic Policy which caused a radical shift in Bolshevik economic strategy, andeased the harsh restrictions of war communism, the Bolshevik economic policy during the Civil War. -
Stalin becomes dictator
Stalin had a 5 year plan for the economy called Forced Collectivization, that was intended to increase agricultural output.