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Alex 3
Alex 3 succeeded his farther. He clung to the principles of autocracy , a form of government in which he had total power -
5 Jan. Nicholas 2 1894
In 1894 Nicholas became czar. He continued the tradtion of Russian autocracy. -
Russian Marxists
Russina Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers and their families approached the czar Winter Palace in St.Peterburg. Nicholas 2 ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd. -
Bloody Sunday Provoaked
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Russia First Parliment
Moderates wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britain. -
World War 1 Final BLow
Nicholas made the decision to drag Russia into World War 1. -
Death of Rasputin
The nobles feared his increasing role in government affairs. -
March Revolution
Women textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike. -
Provisional Government Topples
Armed factory workers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd. -
Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk
Russian surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. -
Civil War Rages in Russia
Leon Trotsky expertly commanded the Bolshevik Red Amry. -
New Economic Policy
Lenin temporarily out aside his plan for a state-controlled economy -
Poltical Reforms
The country was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution -
Stalin Becomes Dictator
Stalin was in total command of the Communist Party
