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in the beginning of the October revolution, following the February revolution, people started to create councils, where revolutionaries criticized the provisional government.

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The Russian Revolution lasted from March 8 1917- November 7 1917

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The treaty of Brest- Litovsk seized farmland from landholders and distributed it among the peasants. Women were given equal rights to those of men and religion was banned from many aspects of society

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In the October revolution, they over threw the winter palace and attacked over throwing the provisional government, Lenin later came back to the country after the first attack, and they created a socialist government.

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In late 1917 the Russian civil war broke out between Lenin's red army which fought for the Bolshevik government and the white army which consisted of loosely allied forces. The result was the red army winning in 1923 and Lenin establishing the Soviet Union

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the revolution started in march when demonstrators took the streets of petograd asking for bread

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A Large number of workers were marching to the Tsar's palace in order to present a petition for better working conditions. They were fired upon by soldiers and many of them were killed or injured.

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Russian soldiers marching in Petrograd in February 1917

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Czar Nicholas ii, forced to abdicate the throne shortly after the beginning of the February revolution

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The Russian Revolution was led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin

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the provisional government was created after Nicholas's abdication, when there was nobody to take control

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During the February Revolution, authorities and protestors clashed on the streets of Petrograd.

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Vladimir Lenin created the Soviet State, made peace with Germany and made women equal to men with education.

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Lenin and Bolsheviks left in power

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Declared Russia to be a socialist state

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin-head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924

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Revolution replaced Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state

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After the revolution, Russia exited World War I by signing a peace treaty with Germany called the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

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by october 8th, 1917 the bolksheviks had taken over petograd and the winter palace, leaving lenin in charge of the country