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The Romanov Dynasty controlled Russia within the 19th century
Most people in Russia were serfs
Serfdom was abolished in 1861

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Cause One: Nicholas II takes control, 1894

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Cause One: Nicholas II takes control, 1894

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Nicholas became Czar in 1894, after his fathers death
Russia was very far behind with the industrial production compared to the rest of Western Europe
Creating a larger class of urban poor was the result of this increase in industrial production in Russia

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Cause One: Bloody Sunday, January 9, 1905

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Cause One: Bloody Sunday, January 9, 1905

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Czar was not home to help by presenting a petition to the winter palace, so his generals ordered the troops to open fire on the people. Over 500 innocent people were killed, which is known as the Bloody Sunday.
One complaint that was shown within the petition was, having loads of work to do and having to suffer with their workload. Second complaint shown was having a lack of rights

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The Duma supported constitutional monarchy that would leave Nicholas as Czar
Nicholas opposed the Duma because he knew the power would be going to the hands of the democratically elected Dumas
One power that the sovereign had was,being able to approve laws and if he doesn’t give the approval it will not become a law.Determines the direction of Russia’s foreign policy, takes charge of all the external relations of the Russian State

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Russians ally was with the French and British, at the same time they would form an alliance with another Slavic Nation, small newly independent nation of Serbia
In July 1914, Gavril Principe (Serbian nationalist) shot and killed the archduke to the Austian throne. Which then set off series of events that started World War One
Reason why the serbs needed help from russia was, they would have no defense and would simply loose without Russia's help

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Cause Two: Czar Nicolas takes Command of the army, 1915

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Cause Two: Czar Nicolas takes Command of the army, 1915

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The Russian people were not as strong as the Western Europeans, citizens were becoming upset and angry over the deaths of their sons and fathers. More than 15 million men were drafted into the Russian army from farms and factories, which is why they weren’t as strong. This was the problem Russian people were facing at the start ot the War
Nicholas claims that when the enemy has penetrated into the Empire to take the supreme command and active forces to share his army the fatigue war.
1,700,000 Russians died during WWl

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Cause Three: Rasputin and the Czarina, 1916

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Cause Three: Rasputin and the Czarina, 1916

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Nicholas left Leave St.Petersburg in charge while he left the country for war
Czarina was convinced that Rasputin could save the life of her young son, that is why Rasputin had so much influence on her
Czarina did not take advisee from her advisors, the advisor then noticed the impact Rasputin had on her
At First the plan was to poison Rasputin, three types of wines were to be poisoned as well as the cakes that were laid out on the tables. When Rasputin arrived, he turned towards the door and someone shot at him with a gun. Rasputin then got up after getting covered after the fired shots, going into the gardens. Then more shots were fired, having him then fall to the floor and die.

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The workers started to strike in 1917, as well as soldiers began to desert their posts
Troops were refusing to keep order and they joined rioters
Abdicate the throne means to give up his power which is what Czar did
The grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich is who Nicholas left his throne with

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Cause Four: Provisional Government takes over, Spring 1917

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Cause Four: Provisional Government takes over, Spring 1917

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The type of government the provisional leadership tried to set up was government based upon the democratic principles of the Western part of the World
This provisional government  didn’t go that well because they were struggling to keep control
It would greatly weekend and threatened the revolution to have handed over all the power at this time, so it didn’t allow leaders to give power to the bourgeoisie rich

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Cause Five: The Bolsheviks return, Spring 1917

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Cause Five: The Bolsheviks return, Spring 1917

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The Bolsheviks were the communist who were followers of Karl Marx in Russia
the poor had little to lose so it wasn’t bad so they did communism
Lenin tells the people that the government is tottering and it must be  given the death-blow at all costs and this is what the people shall do

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Cause Five: The Bolsheviks take power, Revolution of October 1917

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Cause Five: The Bolsheviks take power, Revolution of October 1917

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Lenin and his followers started to take-over of St.Petersburg which started conflict
The red army supported the Bolshevik
The White army supported the Russians
The Bolsheviks kept their power what was done is break up all acrs of counter-revolution and sabotage over Russia, no matter what their origin was

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Effect One: End of WWl for Russia, March 1918

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Effect One: End of WWl for Russia, March 1918

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Russia signed a separate peace argument with the Germans, Austrians and Ottoman Empires, making Russia with little bargain lose territory including Portland, FInland and Ukraine
It took until November 1918 when the Germans, Austrians and Ottomans surrendered for the Russians to surrender to the Germans and Germans surrendered to the allies
The purpose of this treaty was to declare that the stat of war was between them has been ceased (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey and Russia)

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Effect One: Death of Nicholas ll and his family, July 1918

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Effect One: Death of Nicholas ll and his family, July 1918

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Family was kept on house arrest, when Bolsheviks did take power and talk to putting Niccholas on trial increase Fearful that White army was advancing to set Nicholas freem the royal family was moved again and ended up in Ekaterinburg
The royal family were awakened during the night and moved to the basement they when were shot, with their bodies burned with acid and thrown down a well
Alexi was the last to stay alive, then Yurovsky went up to him fired a few more times to him

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United Soviet Socilaisct Republic (USSR) was the new name of Russia under Lenin
Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,Russia,Turkmenistan and Ukraine were the additional countries to the new empire

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Effect Two: End of the Russian Civil War, 1922

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Effect Two: End of the Russian Civil War, 1922

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The Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War, The Russian War lasted from 1917 to 1923
Over 15 million people died, in addition to the 5 million people who died in World War One, Russia was exhausted and near ruined. ROads, factories, farms and railroads were destroyed. Famine and drought that within the early 1920s only made things worse for Russia.

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There were several assasination attempts towards Lenin during the Revolution and during his rule of Russia, the most serious attempt which took place in 1918 when a bullet pierced his jaw and neck. Decided it was too dangerous to remove the bullets so were left in his body. Health then declined at this point and he later suffered a series of strokes which led him to be bedridden and unable to speak.
Josef Stalin took control of the USSR in 1924
Stalin ruled the USSR for over thirty years