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Exile of Lenin
Lenin´s brother participated on the assesination of Alexander II, so he was killed, later Lenin continued the protests. He was jailed for a year and the then exiled to Siberia -
Division of the Marxisist Socialist Democratic Party
Mensheviks: social democrats, wanted to follow the western model
Bolsheviks: under the leadership of Lenin, rejected capitalism -
Bloody Sunday
Unarmed demonstrators led by father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the imperial guard as they marched towards the winter palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II. After this the State Duma was created -
Murder of Rasputin
Tsarina Alexandra aked him to help his son, Alexei, and cure him from Hemophilia, but Rasputin influenced in the political decisions so the aristocrats killed him -
February Revolution
A revolution women started, but eventually workers and soldiers joined. More factories were closed. Tsar abdicated in March 15. Provisional government led by Gueorgui Luov and later, Alexander Kerensky -
October Revolution
Bolsheviks were the majority. The provisional government collapsed. Bolsheviks renamed as communists. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) was signed by Lenin, ending participation of Russia in the WWI -
Civil War
Opposition to the communist regime. Red Army (Bolsheviks) against White Army (anti-Bolsheviks). Lenin won (Red Army) and the communists got the control of Russia in 1921. The royal family was killed by the Red Army. -
NEP
Lenin adopted the NEP (New Economic Policy) which was a capitalist system. Peasants were allowed to sell their products. Small industries could operate under private ownership. Big industries remained in the hand of the government. Women equal to men. Social security -
USSR
In 1922 USSR was created, it was the Union of Sovietic Socialist Republis. It legalized a union of several sovietic republics and created a new centralized federal government. -
Lenin death
Lenin dies and there was a struggle because of the new leadership. Left side was Leon Trotsy, he wanted to end the NEP, continue revolution and spread communism. Right side wanted to continue Lenin´s ideas. At the end Stanlin took control -
Stalin in government
In 1927 Stalin expelled Trotsky. No freedom of speech. The state’s control of the media was total. Ends up in a dictatorship.
