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Russo-Japanese War
-Russia and Japan were competing for control of Korea & Manchuria
-The two nations signed a series of agreements over the territories and Russia broke them late 1800's -
Russia Revolution
-Russia took steps to boost the growth of heavy industry(steel), like the government sought foreign investors & raised taxes
-Several revolutionary movements began to grow & compete for power(1863-1900) -
Bloody Sunday
-Carried a petition for better working conditions, personal freedom, & elected national legislation
-Provoked a wave of strikes & violence that spread across the country -
WWI
-Food and fuel supplies were dwindling and pieces were widely inflated therefore everyone wanted changed in the end
-More than 4 million Russian soliders had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner therefore they were defeated again and again -
March Revolution
-Local protest of 200,000 screaming & shouting turned into local protest uprising which was the March Revolution
-Soldiers obeyed orders to shoot the rioters but later sided with them -
Bolshevik Revolution
-Armed factory workers took over government officials & arrested the leaders of the provisional government
-14 million Russians died from fighting, hunger, and worldwide flu epidemic left Russia in Chaos -
Bolsheviks in Power
-Russia gave up lots to Germany which triggered widespread anger among Russians
-Bolshevik gave control of factories to the workers therefore their was a truce with Germany -
New Economic Policy
-The NEP allowed peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of turning them to the government
-Government encouraged foreign investment -
Political Reforms
-Bolshevik saw nationalism as a threat to unity & party loyalty
-Communism arty held all power after creating a constitution based off socialist and democratic principles -
Stalin Becomes Dictator
-Stalin began climb to head of the government between 1922 & 1927 as general secretary of the communist party
-Two of tge most notable men were Leon Trotsky & Joseph Stalin
