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"The Communist Manifesto" is published
A manifesto written by Karl Marx (and Friedrich Engels), outlining the principles of Communism and finishing with a call to arms to create a Communist society. -
Lenin involved in an anti-government strike movement
He is arrested and spends the next four years in prison and then Siberian exile. -
Social Democratic Party's Second Congress
The SPD splits into two factions, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. -
Revolution breaks out in Russia
Tsarist forces regain control, and Lenin is forced to flee - spending the next 12 years in exile from Russia. -
Germany declares war on Russia
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The February Revolution
[Day-by-day account]
Petrograd demonstrations against food & fuel shortages --> strike spreads --> Tsarist troops fire into the crowd --> Tsar refuses to form a new government --> govt. loses control and soldiers join protestors --> Soviet is formed --> all troops now support either the Duma or the Soviet --> Tsar abdicated and PG is formed -
The new Provisional Government is announced
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Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
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Lenin's April Theses are published
The Theses, issued by Lenin on his return to Russia from exile, outlined his directives for Bolshevik power. -
Stalin appointed General Secretary of the Coomunist Party
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First "Five Year Plan" introduced