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Tsar Nicholas II comes into power after the young death of his father (Czar Alexander III) who was only 49. He comes into power in 1894, everyone thought that he was to young to be a Tsar.

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He is the leader of the Proletariat (the working class), the Marxist teachings believed that the working class would rise up and take over the Tsars and capitalism. Lenin is the man that tries really hard to do this, and because of this he is exiled for three years in Siberia.

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in the revolution of 1905 hundreds of workers stormed Tsar Nicholas' II palace and his guards kill all of them in cold blood, this is where the term bloody sunday comes from. Lenin has returned from his exile and continues his movement, Tsar issues the October Manifesto, which gives some civil liberties but he still keeps his Veto power. Lenin is exiled a second time in 1907

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Public opinion of Tsar Nicholas II gets even worse, since Russia is so ill equipped they have 1 gun for 2 soldiers. to improve the Tsar's image he goes to the battlefield to inspire and command the soldiers. Alexandria comes under the influence of Rasputin and he makes a lot of bad decisions that are somehow worse than Tsar's.

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in March of 1917 workers and some of Tsar's own soldiers go on a city wide strike. Tsar then finally decides to abdicate bringing an end to a centuries own Tsarist rule. 1 year after he abdicates him and his family are killed because the new leaders are afraid that anti revolutionary forces would want to break them out and rescue them.

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After Tsar's abdication The Duma (Russians legislative body) is split between the Mensheviks, who believed the revolution had gone far enough, and the Bolsheviks who believed more change was needed. the Provisional government and the Petrograd "Soviet of Workers and Soldiers" try to take control. They are so unpopular amongst the working class and are unable to satisfy the peasants and deal with many problems that Russia is facing, including industrialisation, they also supported WWI. when Lenin returns in 1917 he delivers his April thesis. which he hopes will inspire the peasants by calling for further revolt and the creation of the Marxist Regime

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On october 13th 1917 the Bolsheviks take control of the capital of Petrograd, then on the 23rd, they take over Moscow. After Lenin's return and with the help of Leon Trotsky, they take over and throw out the New government. Lenin's first move is to remove Russia out of WWI with the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, he also has peasants seize control of the land.

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Under the new government communism was spread throughout Russia through the following: Peasants seized the land and all of the factories, banks were nationalized meaning private accounts were suspended, and opposition groups were outlawed. in 1918 a Civil War broke out between the Bolsheviks (Red Army) and the Mensheviks (White Army). the White army were superior in numbers, technology, and received aid from the Western nations who feared communism. Despite the disadvantages of the Red Army they are able push back and defeat them, with a large debt to Trotsky. during the war Lenin instituted "War Communism" in order to strengthen the nation, but this lead to the death of millions of Russians due to starvation, after this Lenin quickly abandons war communism after the civil war and instituted a New Economic Policy to jumpstart the economy. He also instituted/created Leninism which was geared to Lenin's beliefs, ideologies, and philosophy. Following the civil war of 1922, the Union of Soviet Socieliest Republics (USSR/Soviet Union) is created through treaties with other European nations. Lenin dies on January 21st, 1924, his death means that the leadership of the Soviet Union is open and will come down to either Trotsky or Stallion.