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Russo-Japanese War
The was the first time that an european power lost to an asian country. -
Bloody Sunday
This event made many of the russian people lose their faith in the Tzar. -
Creation Of The DUMA
This was the first parliment in russia but all of the members were onder the tsars thumb so it was very inefective. -
Russia Enters WWI
Even though Russias Military strenght was low because of their late entry into the industrial revolution they had one advantage. that was their amount of people who they could draft into the army. -
Mrch Revolution Begins
During the russian revolutions the Tsar abdicates from the throne and the provisional government takes over. in the next revolution the provisional government is dibanded and the bolsheviks seize power with their leader being Vladimir Lenin. -
Nicolas II Abdicates The Throne
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Lenin Returnes From Exile In Germany
Germany helps lenin return to Russia because they know that he wants to end the war between the russians and germans on the east front and by doing that, germany would be able to put all of their forces on the westers front. -
Kerensky Heads The Provisional Government
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Civil War Begins
This splits the country between the Bolsheviks and the
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Lenin Takes Power
When lenin takes power he stops the war with germany and gives them a lot of the russian land. He also starts the civil war and outlaws every political party but his. -
Russia Pulls Out Of WWI (Brest-Litovsk)
This largly benifited both Germany and lenin. Germany because they were able to put all of their forces on the eastern front and Lenin because it helped his popularity grow amound the army and peasants. -
Assassination Of The Romanov Family
The brutal murder of the entire Romanove family angered many of the Russian people. -
Stalin Comes To Power
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Trotsky Comes To Power
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Russia Becomes A Totolitarian State
Russia becomes a totolitatran state under the power of Stalin. -
Period: to
Great Purge
