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Rasputin Assassinated
Rasputin, the holy man and healer of the Hemophiliac Alexei, was brutally murdered. He had great power and influence in the Russian Government until his death. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
The Czar was forced to Abdicate his power after the strikes, revolts, and February revolution. -
Petrograd Soviets formed
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The March Revolution
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Bolshevik Revolution
The seizing of the Palace is what led to the fall of the reign of the Tsars. It was led by Lenin, a banished Russian who organized a group to cause the fall of the current at the time Russian Government. -
Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia
Germany shipped the Russia exiled man back to where he came from in strong and well protected trains in secrecy because of his dangerous political views and influence. -
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Russian Civil War
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Communists control Russia
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Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Royal family murdered