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-reigned from 1881-1894
-helped fuel an Anti-Semitic environment in Russia
-promoted the nobility
-wanted one ruler, one religion, and one race in Russia
*He created fear among much of the Russian population. Also because of his and others views on Jews there was lots of rioting and raiding. -
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-reign from 1894-1917
-He wanted absolute power when the people wanted a democracy
-He was not concerned about the struggles of the people because Russia had not industrialized yet
-created a Duma or elected legislature. He did this because it was what the people wanted but was almost pointless because of the number of restrictions
-blamed for WW1 failure. Due to this day of violence broke out and he gave up the throne
*He did not do much for the people and was the lead up to the revolution -
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-started with competition over territory in Northern China
-Japan had advantages such as more troops and there navel vessel were much better
-Russia lots
-Nicholas was blamed
*Due to there loss Russia lost land, strikes to change the government, political anger at the social conditions, people's rights were expanded, and the Duma was created. -
-was an elected legislature
-was created because it is what the people wanted
*had so many restricted that it did bot do much so the czar made it more for show than to actually have a purpose -
-200,000 workers marched to the Czar's Winter Palace
-They wanted relief from working and living conditions. They marched in there best clothes, with religious figures and portraits of the Czar
-It turned violent when the police and guards open fire on the marchers
-The Czar was not even at the palace
*Some of the consequences were leaders were arrested, uprising across the country, Russo-Japanese war was lost, also helped create Duma, and Nicholas's reputation was harmed more -
They entered the war unprepared because they had not yet industrialized. This angered lots of the population.
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-He was helping the Czar's wife rule
-He had spiritual powers
-He was killed by nobles
*After he died he left a note telling the Czar's wife that her family would be killed if nobles killed him. Later because of the revolution the family was killed -
He had to step down because of all the uprising in the country. The Provisional government was set up. It was not very strong and would soon be overthrown.
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-a grouped called the Red Guard arrested the Provisional Government
-The Bolsheviks soon took control
-They also signed a truce to stop fighting with Germany
*They controlled everything and were giving peasants what they wanted such as distributing the land -
-was fought between the Red Army and the White Army
-Red Army was the Bolsheviks
-White Army was the Czars supporters, people that wanted democracy, and socialists that did not like the ideas of the Bolsheviks
-many died due to many different circumstances
-The Red Army won
* The revolution was similar to the Frech Revolution because of the terror and violence
*In the end they got a state-controlled society -
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-He had a stroke which made him weak
*After this is time there had to be a new leader which led to other small conflicts -
-it was named this in honor of the council that helped with the Bolshevik Revolution
*Russia finally became almost like a new nation -
-He worked behind the scenes tho shifted supporters to more powerful positions
-Soon Stalin was in complete control
*Lenin believed that Stalin was dangerous because so him coming into power could be dangerous -
-He was the other person that was competing for power with Stalin
-He was forced into exile and was no longer a threat
*Now with him go Stalin had all of the power
