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Rasputin is killed
Rasputin was a mystical healer in the court of Russia. It took a lot of work to kill him. -
The February Revolution begins
The people were unhappy with the Czar Nichola's rule of the country. They began protesting and were on strikes, refusing to go to worl. The czar had all of the power and people had no control over their lives. -
The end of Romanov rule
Czar Nicholas abdicates and leaves the throne to his brother. His brother did not accept unless it is offered to him by a constituent assembly elected by the people. The Czar leaves a provitional goverment and leaves to Serbia. -
Lenin takes over
Vladimir Lenin tried to come back to Russia in July, but was chased back. In Octuber, he came back from his exile to rule. He was the leader of the Russian Social-Democrat Labor political party. -
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Russian Civil War
The war is between the Reds (bolsheviks) and the Whites (counterrevolutionaries). Here Trotsky paticipates as a commissat of War for the Reds. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This treaty takes Russia out of WWI -
The USSR is established
Lenin works with Joseph Stalin to establish a comunist country. -
The Great Famine
5 Million people die of starvation and disease. -
Lenin dies
Vladimir Lenin died and Stalin took over. He would continue to rule for many years. -
First 5-Year Plan
Stalin sets in motion his first 5-Year plan. Stalin wanted to make Russia a more Industrialize country. -
Religion is outlawed
A mass closure of churches begin. -
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Forced Famine
Six to Eight million people died in this famine. This famine was forced by Stalin. -
World War II
The second world war begins.
