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March Revolution
the first stage in the German Revolution of 1848-49. -
Reign of Czar Alexander III
He assumed the throne after the assassination of his father, Alexander II. was born at 1881 died 1894 -
Reign of Czar Nicolas II
started 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. -
Russo-Japanese War
Conflict between Russia and Japan over territorial expansion in East Asia. ended 1905 -
the start of ww1
the cause of ww1: The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 set off a chain of events that led to war in early August 1914 -
Lenin's return to Russia
After the 1917 February Revolution ousted the Tsar and established a Provisional Government, he returned to Russia and played a leading role in the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks overthrew the new regime. -
Russian Civil War
The Civil War was a result of the emergence of opposition against the Bolsheviks after November 1917 -
the creation of the USSR
the Bolsheviks took control. They were dedicated to a version of Marxism developed by Vladimir Lenin. It promised the workers would rise, destroy capitalism, and create a socialist society under the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 1917-1923 -
Bolshevik Revolution
the Russian Revolution overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power -
Establishment of Provisional Government
the Provisional Committee in cooperation of the Petrograd Soviet -
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers -
The Red Terror
a two-year period of coercion, violence and extra-legal killing by the CHEKA, starting in 1918. -
Execution of the Romanovs
Anastasia was 17 years old while Maria was 19 years. -
Lenin’s death
cause of death: stroke that was related by the 2 bullets left inside of his body from the 1918 conspiracy -
Bloody Sunday
On January 30, 1972 - now known as Bloody Sunday - British Paratroopers shot and killed more than a dozen civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland. It's been more than five decades since Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland, and many questions are still unanswered.