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The Russian Revolution
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The February Revolution
Strikes and riots over food and coal broke out in Petrograd. Troops that were sent to stop the uprising joined the demonstraters instead. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates March 1917
Nicholas was forced to resign -
The Abduction of the Tsar
Only a week after the Petrograd riots began because of the March Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II gave up his power of the throne. This brought many consequences for Russia. -
The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks. -
A New Government
With Lenin in power, he decided to change the government into more communist beliefs. All titles and ranks were demolished, and everyone had to call each other comrades. -
The October Revolution
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The July Days Begin
The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government. Lenin is forced to go into hiding. -
Murder of the Romanovs
They were killed in Ekateringburg by Lenin because many still saw them as the rulers of Russia. Anastasia supposedly survived. -
War Communism
Lenin imposed war communism -
Civil War
The civil war consisted of the Red Army, which was the communists led by Lenin; and the White Army which was aristocrats, royalists, churchmen and army officer. The Allies, including Japan, supported the Whites because of the fear of communism spreading.
