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The Russian Civil War rages until the Bolsheviks consolidate power, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 30, 1922

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed, withdrawing Russia from the First World War, ceding much of the former territory of the Russian Empire

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General Lavr Kornilov attempts to seize control of power from the Provisional Government in what is deemed the Kornilov Affair

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Lenin publishes his April Thesis condemning the Provisional Government for its incapacity to call an end to the "imperialist" war that Russia found itself in and calls for further revolution in Russia

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The February Revolution begins in Saint Petersburg on International Women's Day and the Provisional Government is established as the ruling administrative power in the empire

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Tsar Nicholas II leaves the Russian heartland for the wartime front

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Martial law declared in the Russian Empire

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Battle of the Barricades.

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Revolution and strike much escalated; Russia in danger of collapse; October Manifesto.

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Potemkin Mutiny, leading to military strikes.

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University of St. Petersburg students join the strike.

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The second National Congress of Zemstvos again demands a constitutional assembly; the Union of Unions formed.

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Bloody Sunday, a culmination of discontentment with war, hunger and rights, occurs; thousands dead or wounded.