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Marxizts Revolutionaries split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
The Broken Treaty
Russia broke a treaty with japan and japan retaliated by attacking the russians at port Arthur manchuria -
More freedom!
About 20,000 workers and families approached czar's palace in St. Petersburg and petitioned for more freedom -
The First Duma
The first duma met because they wanted russia to become a constitutional monarchy. Czar dissolved the duma after 10 years -
Russias not ready
Czar made Russia go into WWI even though they had bad military and economic costs -
Girl Power!
Women textile workers in petro grad led a city wide strike for 5 days -
Workers are people too
Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in petrograd. They took over government offices and arrested leaders of provisional government -
Russia's loss
Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk. Ruyssia surrebdured alot of it's territory to Germany -
Russia left in Chaos
The civil war raged in Russia. Many west nations sent military aid to help out white army. The destruction of Russia left it in chaos -
New Economic Policy
Lenin created a small scale capitalism called New Economic Policy -
USSR
Country was renamed USSR. Lenin had a stroke, survived, but set up a competition for who would run the communist perty
