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Marxists Revolutionaries Spilt
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
Japanese Attacks
Japanese attack Russia at Port Aruthur -
Worker's Revolt
About 200,000 workers approach the czar’s palace and fought for better working conditions. -
The Duma
First Duma met leaders who wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy. Czar dissolved the Duma after 10 weeks -
Unpopular Treaty
Russia and Germany sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk where Russia surrenders its large territory to the Germans and their allies. -
Citywide Strike
Women workers hold a strike, and soldiers shoot them at first but eventually side with them. -
Bolshevik Red Guards
Armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards. Within days Lenin ordered that all farmlands be given out among the peasants. -
Turning on Nation
Civil War takes place in Russia. -
Joining of WWI
Czar decides to involve Russia in the war. Citizens are unhappy. -
Change in Economic Policy
Lenin changes his state-controlled nation to a capitalist country called the NEP. -
New Name
Russia was renamed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and were changed to a communist party.