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Surfs are freed
Czar Nicholas freed the slaves in early 1861 -
Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
Marxists people came together and formed the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party -
Economy slowed
Russias economy slowed the country waged an unsuccesful war with Japan and social arrest grew. -
Splitting.
The Russian social democratic labor party split into two different groups -
Bloody sunday
Thousands of men, women , and children peacefully marched to Czar Nicholas' winter palacein St. Petersburg , the capital. -
Uprising crushed
Their army crushed an uprising in Moscow and police arrested the members of the St. Petersburg soviet, including the revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. -
Trotsky escapes
Trotsky escaped in 1907 and returned to Petrograd in 1917 -
WW1
Germany declared war on Russia. -
The murder
A group russian nobles loyal to the Czar murdered Rasputin. -
Reunited
Several workers reunited the soviet union -
The February revolution
Strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out in Petrograd. -
Abdication
The government forced Czar Nicholson to abdicate. -
Leon returns
Leon returned to Petrograd -
Seizing power
Army comander cheif made a bid to seize power -
Chosen leader
Trostky was chosen to lead the soviet in Petrograd in September -
Taking control
November 7, 1917 Bolsheviks took control of key positions in Petrograd -
Russian congress of soviets
All russian congress of soviets authorized the Bolsheviks to set up a council of peoples comissoners to run the government. -
Nicholas killed
Bolsheviks killed Nicholas and his familt in Yeaterburg in 1918 -
Reconcquered
Soviet union reconquered period of the Civil war. -
Forming of the SU
Russian commmunist government formed the Soviet Union -
Stalin becomes General secratary
Stalin became General Secratary of the Communist party. -
Head of the SU
Stalin became head of the Soviet Union in 1924 after the death of Lenin, and remaind in power until his death in March of 1993 -
Recongnization
United Kingdom recognized the Soviet Union in 1924 followed by the United States in 1933 -
Communist system ends
Communist sytem ended in Russia in 1991