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The Romanovs controlled the Russian Empire in the 19th century.
Most people made their living in Russia through agriculture.
Serfdom was finally abolished in Russia in 1861.

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Nicholas became Czar in 1894.
Russia was not as industrial capable as the rest of Western Europe.
The result of increasing industrial production for the poor meant less pay and longer hours.

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The people at Winter Palace got shot when they asked Czar for help.
In a petition presented to Nicholas II the people asked for more food and more money.

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The Dumas supported a constitutional monarchy and put the real power of Russia in the hands of democratically elected Dumas.
Nicholas apposed the Duma because they restricted his power.
The sovereign were able to approve or disapprove laws, they could also declare war or peace.

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Before WW1 Russia was allied with France, Britain, and Siberia.
The  Austrians got mad at the Serbians because a Serbian man named Gavrillo Princip killed the archduke to the Austrian throne.
The serbs ask the Russians for help because they say it is impossible to defend themselves.

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Czar Nicholas takes command of the army, 1915

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Czar Nicholas takes command of the army, 1915

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Some problems facing the Russian people were that they were in a desperate need of food and supplies, as well as their people kept dying.
Nicholas was convinced that the battle situation was serious enough to take control of his troops when the enemy had penetrated into the interior of the Empire.
1,700,000 Russians died during this war and 2,500,000 went missing.

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When Nicholas went to war he left his brother to be in control of the country.
Rasputin had so much influence over the Czarina because she believed he was the only one that could save her son.
Czarina did not listen to her advisors about Rasputin.
To kill Rasputin, he was poisoned, shot multiple times, and thrown in a river.

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In order to show their unhappiness, workers went on strike.
With violence, troops reacted by not keeping order and joining the rioters
Abdicating the throne means to give up power.
Nicholas gave the throne to the Grand Duke Micheal Alexandrovich.

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Provisional Government takes over, Spring 1917

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Provisional Government takes over, Spring 1917

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Provisional leadership hoped to set up a democracy.
The provisional government had to struggle to keep power.
The power was not handed to the bourgeoisie rich because it would be a sever blow to the revolution.

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The Bolsheviks were the communist followers of Karl Marx in Russia.
Communism appealed to the poor because they had little to loose.
Lenin promised peace, land, and bread.
Lenin told the people on October 24, 1917 to take over St. Petersburg.

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The Bolsheviks take power, Revolution of October 1917

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The Bolsheviks take power, Revolution of October 1917

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Lenin and his followers began to take over St. Petersburg, the provisional government collapsed and its leader fled the city.
The red army supported the Bolsheviks and the white army supported the Anti-Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks maintained there power by stopping acts of counter revolution and sabotage.

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Russians lost territory including Poland, Finland, and Ukraine when signing a treaty.
It took a couple months for the Germans to finally surrender to the Allies.
The purpose of the Treaty of Brest-Litovosk was to end fighting and bring peace.

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Death of Nicholas II and his family, July 1918

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Death of Nicholas II and his family, July 1918

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The royal family got moved to Ekaterinburg because the white Army threatened their safety.
The royal family was shot, burned with acid, and thrown down a well.
The heir Alexi was the last one alive before he got shot.

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The new name of Russia under Lenin was the Union Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR.
It included new countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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The Red Army and the Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War.
The war caused about 15 million deaths and famines/droughts got very bad.

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Lenin was bedridden in the last year of his reign because he had a bullet in his jaw and neck as well as having strokes and his health decreasing.
Josef Stalin took control of the USSR in 1924.
Lenin ruled for over 30 years.