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Bloody Sunday
A peaceful protest of the Tsar turns deadly after the imperial guard begins shooting protesters. -
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Russian Reveloution
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The ending of the Romanov Dynasty
Roits by striking workers and defecting soldiers, Tsar Nicholas II abdicates. -
Alexander Kerensky Becomes prime minister
Alexander Kerensky is appointed by the Duma as prime minister of the povisional goverment. -
Russia is a republic
Duma declears Russia a republic -
Bolsheviks overthrow the Kerensky goverment
Bolsheviks overthrow the Kerensky goverment and install Vlandimer I. Lenin as leader of Russia -
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Lenin is leader of Russia
Lenin is leader of Russia -
The Cheka
Lenin creates the secret police, the Cheka -
The Communist Party
Lenin changes the name of the Bolshviks party to the Communist -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Communist party signs the Teaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and accepts territorial losses for leaving WW1 -
Nicholas II and family killed
Nicholas II, his fife, and their children are killed by the secret police -
Civil War ends
The Civil war ends with the 'Reds' defeating the "Whites" -
Joseph Stalin becomes general secretary
Joseph Stalin is appointed general ssecretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party -
Lenins first stroke
Lenin has his first of three strokes -
Lenin has his third stroke
Lenin suffers his third stroke and is removed from power, opening a power struggle. -
Lenin Dies
Lenin dies and a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky begins -
Trotsky is exiled
This leaves Stalin in charge. -
5-year-plan for rapid industrialization
The Soviet Union launches the first Five-Year Plan for rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union -
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Famine in Russia
Famine spreads throughout the Soviet Union causing millions to die because, Stalin forced collectivization -
Gulag
the Gulagis established -
Hitler and Stalin sign an agreement.
Stalin and Hitler sign a non-agressive pact with one another -
Trotsky executed in Mexico
Stalin has Trotsky executed in mexico while exiled.
