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serfs are freed
[Picture Credit](hthttp://worldbookonline.com/advanced/extmedia?id=ar502140&st=serfs&em=pc332280tp://)Even though the serfs were freed, they recieved little land and were wealthy. -
The 1905 revolution
[Picture Credit](hhttp://worldbookonline.com/advanced/extmedia?id=ar748536&st=1905+revolution&em=pc339266ttp://)In the early 1900's, Russia's economy slowed. They lost a war with Japan and there social unrest grew. -
Democratic Labor Party split
[Picture Credit](htthttp://worldbookonline.com/advanced/extmedia?id=ar319460&st=democratic+labor+party+of+russia&em=pc305456p://)The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split into two in 1903. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday shootings fueled even greater demonstrations. -
Leon Trosky arrest
The army crushed an uprising in Moscow and the police arrested the members of the St. Petersburg Soviet along with Leon Trotsky. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany overwhelmed a Russian army that was poorly trained and badly led. As a result Russia's economy strained and shortages of food and fuel came. Untrained soliders became rebellious. -
the murder of Rasputin
A group of Russian nobles loyal to the czar murdered Rasputin. -
Duma
Leaders of several workers groups, left leaning members of the Duma. -
The February Revoultion
Strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out in Petrograd. -
The returning of Lenin
Lenin returned to Petrograd in April ,1917. -
Soliders
Soliders began another uprising in Petrograd. -
General Lavr Kornilov
General Lavr Kornilov made a siez. -
Murder of Nicholas and his family
Bolsheviks killed Nicholas and his family.