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1900
tsar Nicholas 2 rules over the Russian empire with absolute power -
1904
Russia suffer humiliating defeats in a war against japan which led to protest and calls for reform -
1905
after bloody Sunday, Nicholas 2 agreed to allow a duma, or legislature for the people -
1914
Russia entered ww1 and quickly suffered heavy losses in major defeats to Germany along the eastern front -
1915
food production industrial output start increasing to one civil war levels -
1915 collapse of economy
half of agriculture workers become soldiers; 600+factories closed because not enough workers/no transport...a lost of food/fuel/power wasted, inflationof money -
1916
300,000 Russians soldiers have died -
1917
revolts in petrograd forced the tsar to abdicate and a provisional republic was established -
1917
lenin and the bolsheviks take control in petrograd and overthrow the republic -
1918
red guards invade winter palace defense gave in without fight -
1918-1921
bolsheviks fight and win a civil war against the white army -
1922
lenin established the union of soviet socialist republics under the control of the communism party