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Nicholas II's Reign over Russia
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Bloody Sunday Massacre
About 200 demonstrators were killed in front of Czar Nicholas II's winter palace in St. Petersburg. -
Russia Enters WWI
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Rasputin is Murdered
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February Revolution Begins
Hungry demonstrators in Petrograd clash with police. -
More Demonstrators are Killed
Army troops kill more of the demonstrators. -
The Duma Form a Provisional Government
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Czar Nicholas II Abdicates
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Bolshevik Revolution
Vladimir Lenin overthrows the Duma's Provisional Government -
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Russian Civil War
Bolshevik Red Army and their opponents, the White Army, fight to rule Russia. The White Army was made up of monarchists, capitalists, and democratic socialists. -
Nicholas II and his Family are Executed
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Soviet Union Formed
Red army claims victory and the USSR is formed.