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Flashcards by PaigeGladstone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by PaigeGladstone
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| Question | Answer |
| 1855 | Alexander II becomes Tsar |
| 1861 | Emancipation of the serfs |
| 1881 | Alexander II assassinated. His sucsessor Alexander III takes over and begins period of repression |
| 1892 | Witte becomes finance minister. The 'Great Spurt' of industrial growth begins |
| 1894 | Nicholas II becomes Tsar |
| 1898 | Social Democrat party founded |
| 1901 | Social revolutionary party founded |
| 1904 | Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war |
| 1905 | Year of Revolution |
| 1906 | Stolypin becomes Prime Minister |
| 1911 | Stolypin assassinated |
| 1914 | Outbreak of WW1 |
| 1917 | Feb: Revolution- Tsar abdicates, and the provisional government is established April: Lenin returns to Russia; April theses July: July Days August: Kornilov affair October: Bolshevik seizure of power; Lenin establishes new goverment |
| 1918 | Outbreak of the Civil War War communism introduced |
| 1921 | Civil war ends Kronstadt Mutiny 'New Economic' Policy replaces war communism |
| 1922 | Creation of USSR. Lenin becomes seriously ill |
| 1924 | Lenin dies |
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