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Industrialization in Russia
-Increased number of factories
-Trans-Siberian Railway connected Russia -Caused issues such as poor work conditions, low wages, and child labor -- led to revolutionary movements -
Bloody Sunday
-Workers and factories carried a petition for working condition changes, personal freedoms, & elected legislature
-Generals ordered fire on the crowd -Sparked protests & violence, Nicholas made changes but they were later dissolved -
Czar Rule Collapsed
-Nicholas II & his family were executed
-March Revolution protests caused Nicholas to step down -A temporary government was established, WWI continued, & Russia's conditions worsened -- angry peasants, radical city workers -
Provisional Government Takeover
-Armed factory workers took over government offices & arrested leaders
-The workers called themselves "Bolshevik's Red Guards" -Led to Bolshevik's power -
Civil War in Russia
-White army vs Bolshevik's army
-14 million Russians died, a famine followed -They controlled the people with fear and aggression -
Bolshevik's Power
-Gave control to factories & workers
-Stopped fighting with Germany, gave up territory -The Russians were angry & wanted change in policies and murder of the royal family -
New Economic Policy
-small scale capitalism
-slow recovery for farms & factories -was the result of past revolutions -- what the people wanted -
Political Reforms
-Multiple self governing republics
-Renamed the USSR -The creation of a dictatorship of the communist party led to Stalin's power
