Russia at the beginning of the 1900s remained a poor, under-industrialized nation heavily influenced by serfdom. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Tsar Nicholas II, while promising reforms, intended ignore them and continue the autocracy. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The Russo-Japanese War in 1904 exposed Russia’s industrial and military weakness to the world. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015An attempt by working people to petition the czar resulted in the “Bloody Sunday” massacre that caused the revolution of 1905. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015A new constitution and parliament called the “Duma” was created, although Russia remained an autocracy. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Russia entered WWI in 1914 with poor results following. It lost land and millions of lives due to their under developed equipment. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The tsar took control of the army in 1915 with Grigori Rasputin secretly in control of Russia, foreshadowing the end of the reign. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The Russian Revolution of 1917 ended the tsar’s regime after the inability of the government was clear. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The Provisional Government of Duma Liberals not only failed to bring reforms and stop chaos, but kept Russia in War. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Germany sent Lenin, an exiled leader of the Bolsheviks, to overtake Russia and bring it out of war. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Western Allied forces of WWI tried to keep Russia within war, clearly opposing Marxism and the Bolsheviks. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Lenin led the Bolsheviks to the Second Revolution of 1917 in promise of withdrawal from war. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Lenin created a communist state where banks and industries were nationalized while private land ownership was banned. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The Bolsheviks faced the White Guard, an anti-communist movement, and the economic crisis set by war. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Lenin established the secret police and strove to put down all opposition, setting a basis for the future of the nation. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Lenin crushed most internal opposition against communist rule and began the New Economic Policy, allowing some capitalism. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Russia officially became the USSR in 1922. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Lenin died in 1924 with some regret of the creation of an autocratic party. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Stalin gained control in 1927 and started a ruthless approach to industrialize the USSR. The party became a dictatorship. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015Many older Bolsheviks were killed or exiled under the orders of Stalin as he strengthened his rule. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015The already existing forms of government failed to bring reforms to a society years behind others. #RusRevHW
— Darren Chiang (@gnaihcnerrad1) March 17, 2015
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