Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism Timeline

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    Russo-Japanese War

    This war was fought between Japan and Russia because Russia wanted ports from japan.
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    ww1

    Trench warfare fought within Europe, which began with Russia, England, France fighting against Germany, Austria, Italy. Fighting would eventually expand to include other countries outside Europe.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne

    Czar Nicholas II fell from his thrown this brought an end to the romanov dynasty
  • November (October) Revolution

    Led by the Bolshevik Party, this was the biggest part of the russian revolution.
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    Russian Civil War

    the civil war was caused by a group of citizens being opposed to lenin's rule
  • Stalin takes over as General Secretary of the Communist Party

    This was the beginning of stalin's rise to power
  • 1st 5 year plan

    Stalin wanted rapid industrialization in his first 5 year plan
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    Stalin’s Great Purge

    This was when stilin was trying to get rid of everyone who dreamed of a government spy.
  • Stalin dies

    stalin dies and with him goes the power he has accumulated.
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    Leonid Brezhnev leads Soviet Union

    He was the leader of the Soviet Union after Kruschev. Under his leadership the Soviet economy and quality of goods got worse.
  • Gorbachev is named General Secretary of the Communist Party

    Gorbachev is the current leader of Russia growing up under stalins rule.
  • Glasnost

    openness and transparency recently brought into the russsian government.
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    Perestroika

    a political movement for reformation within the communist party.
  • End of the Soviet Union

    change in power caused the end of the soviet union
  • duma

    The Duma was a democratic form of government.