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The serfs ( rural slaves ) were freed.
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The Marxists formed the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
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Thousands of men, women, and children peacefully marched to Czar Nicholas's Winter Palace.
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The third Duma.
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Germany declared war on Russia.
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A group of Russian nobles loyal to the Czar murdered Rasputin.
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Leaders of several workers' groups, left-leaning members of the Duma.
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The government forced Czar Nicholas to abdicate ( resign his throne).
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Lenin returned to Petrograd.
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General Lavr Kornilov, the army commander in cheif, made a bid to seize power.
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Russian Congress of Soviets authorized the Bolsheviks to set up a council of People's Commisarrs to run the national government.
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The Balshevik government moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow
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The government signed the Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion.
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Stalin remained in power until his own death.
