Russian Revolutions 1917 Flashcards
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After the Abdication
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After the Tsar abdicated, the State Duma was created, representing a democratic way of ruling
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The February Revolution
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People took to the streets for bread, peasants looted farms and food riots disturbed the streets
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The Bolshevik Revolution
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Vladimir Lenin led a bloodless coup d’état against the Duma and instead called for a Soviet Government lead by councils of soldiers, peasants and workers
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Russian Civil War
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A war for 6 years, Red vs White armies, Red for Lenin’s Bolsheviks, and White of monarchists, capitalists, and supporters of democratic socialism against Lenin’s Bolsheviks. Lenin won
