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Factories set up in Russia
Russia's railway network was extended. Coal production doubled and Iron and steel output quadrupled. -
The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded
This was the party of the Workers -
The Socialist Revolutionary Party was founded
This was the party of the Peasants -
Bad year for Russian Workers
Prices of essential goods rose and the real wage decreased by 20% -
The Duma is created
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Bloody Sunday
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Political Parties made legal
Every political party in Russia was illegal before 1914 -
Tsar Nicholas's Reign over Russia started
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WW1
War broke out b/w Germany, Austria and Turkey (the Central Powers) and Russia, France and Britain later Italy and Romania (the Allied Powers) -
Railway lines began to break down
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October Revolution of 1917
Name of the Russian Revolution -
Bolsheviks conducted elections to the Constituent Assembly
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Vladimir Lenin returned from his exile
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A lockout took place at a factory on the right bank. The next day, workers in 50 factories called a strike in empathy.
This day is now known as International Womens Day since women played a major part in the strike. -
The government suspended the Duma
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Tsar Nicholas II abdicated
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Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power
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The Bolshevik uprising began
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the Assembly rejected Bolshevik measures and Lenin dismissed the Assembly
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the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany at Brest Litovsk
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The Civil War
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Formation of Comintern
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Bolsheviks controlled most of the former Russian Empire
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Beginning of Collectivization
All peasants were forced to cultivate in collective farms (Kolkhoz) by the Party. The ownership of collective farms received the implements and bulk of land. -
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Number of cattle fell by ⅓rd