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Rasputin Assassinated
Rasputin assassinated for political reasons that were unsure. -
Communists Control Russia
Lenin imposes Communist control. -
Petrograd Soviets Form
When some thirty to forty socialist intellectuals and workers gathered in the Tauride Palace on the afternoon of February 27, 1917 to attempt to provide leadership to the revolution already happening in the streets of the capital. Many meetings formed mainly of military people. -
The March Revolution
March Revolution was actually the February Revolution (Russia used the Julian calendar then). It was caused by Russia's terrible state in the war against Germany, -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
At the end of the Russian Revolution Nicholas II abdictates. Nicholas drew up a new manifesto naming his brother the Czar. His brother was Grand Duke Michael. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Also known as Red October. It followed the revolution earlier that year in February. The soviets took over the government on Oct. 24 1917 -
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Russian Civil War
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. -
Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia
Germans sent Lenin back to Russia hoping that he would foment further revolutionary activity in Russia so that Russia would withdraw from fighting Germany in World War I -
Royal Family Murdereed
The telegram giving the order to execute the russian royalty was signed by Yakov Sverdlov. Around midnight, Yakov Yurovsky, the commandant of The House of Special Purpose, -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918. The German were reminded of the harshness of Brest-Litovsk when they complained about the severity of the Treaty of Versailles signed in June 1919.
