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Civil War Begins
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Russo - Japanese War
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Bloody Sunday
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Reveloution of 1905
Caused a major reform in Russia -
Creation of Duma
It promised freedom of speech and religion and a promise of a
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Russia enters WW1
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Lenin takes power
He took charge and ordered that their should be peace -
March Revolution Begins
Sparked a new era and led to major effects in Russia -
Nicholas II abdicates the throne
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Lenin returns from exile in Germany
He had to take control of things in his own hands -
Kerensky heads the provisional government
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Russia pulls out of WW1 (Brest Litovsk)
They pulled out of WW1 because people were suffering because the war resulted in a lack of resources -
Assassination of Romanov family
Brought and end to the three-century old Romanov dynasty -
Trotsky wins Civil War
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Stalin comes to power
He came to power after Lenin's death and controlled the country as a dictator of the Soviet Union -
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Great Purge
Was a time when Stalin was in control and killed a mass number of people -
Russia becomes a totalitarian state - Fix date
Change how the government was socially and politically