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rusian social democratic labor party splits into bolsheviks (led by lenin) and menshiviks.
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Period: to
Russian Revolution by eric wang
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russo Japanese war
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russian revolution of 1905
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start of world war 1
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murder of royal advisor grigori rasputin
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feburary revolution leads to abdication of tsar nicholas II and to rule by a provisional goverment.
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october revolution led by the bolsheviks under vladimir lenin.
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lenin orders the executions of Nicholas and his family.
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ussr officially established.
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russian civil war between the reds (bolsheviks) and whites, with foreignaid supplied to whites
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death of vladimir lenin