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Russian Revolution
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World War 1 begins
it started when the archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria - Hungary was assassinated -
Russia enters WW1
Russia entered and quickly suffered in heavy losses in major defeats to Germany along the Eastern front. -
Russian casualties
soldiers had no rifles or ammunition.
In 1915 alone, Russian casualties reached 2 million -
Many bonds were broken
By 1917 the tsar and most of hte russian people bonds were broken -
March Revloution
Revolution forces the czar to abdicate. A provisional government is formed -
Revolts in Petrograd
Revolts in Petrograd forced the Tsar to abdicate and a provisional republic was aestablished. -
disaster on the battlefield
due to lack of food and fuel shortages on the home front brought monarchy to a collapse -
Lenin returns to Russia
full name: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov -
Lenin stepped off the train in Petrograd
A crowd of fellow exiles and activists recently released from the czar's prisons met him at the station -
50,000 casualties
Russians suffer more than 50,000 casualties in battle against German and Austro - Hungarian forces -
Lenin tries to takeover
Lenin came out of exile and tried to take over the temporary government, but was chased back into hiding -
Lenin succeeds in taking over
Lenin signed a treaty, taking russia out of WW1. Later that year he had Czar Nicholas and his family killed. -
A second revolution
A second revolution results in Bolshevik takeover of government -
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Lenin and the Bolsheviks take control in Petrograd and overthrow the rpublic -
Red Guards
Squads of Red Guards - armed factory workers - joined mutinous sailors fro the Russian fleet in attacking the provisional government -
Bolsheviks government
Bolsheviks government seeks peace with Germany -
Treaty or Brest - Litovsk
Russia signs the treaty of Brest - Litovsk, losing a large amout of territory -
The Communist Party is developed
Lenin changed the name of his political party to The Communist Party. -
Civil War between Reds and Whites
A civil war between the Reds and the Whites begins. the czar and his family are executed. -
British, American, Japanese, and other foreign forces
they all intervene with Russia -
Communist government
Communist government is victorious. Only sporadic fighting continues.
