Eventos
plaguing the country were Jews
the schools,
and the workersa strike occurred
at the Putilov plantRussia goes to war with Germany.Collapse of economy,
half of agriculture's
become soldiers.International Women’s Day protest.
Tsar Nicholas II dismisses these movementsUkraine declares independence
by advantage of the Tsar’s absence.
The Tsar and his family are
executed on July 17th, 1918 by Bolsheviks.The Civil War
ends in November.December 15th, Lenin retires
from politics after
suffering from 2 strokes.Lenin dies.Trotsky expelled by StalinAuthorities are given
free of hand to arrestcultural revolution beginsmass closure
of churchesPolice were instructed to
prevent Ukrainian peasants
from leaving their homes
in search of food.Great Purge was issued.
Nationwide quotas for the
execution and enslavement of
"anti-Soviet elements."A new decree required the
teaching of Russian in
all non-Russian schools.The Red Army
invaded Poland.Execution of 27,500
imprisoned
Polish nationals.Kiev fell to the Germans.The German Sixth
Army was
surrounded.The Russians recaptured Kiev.The Committee for the
Liberation of the
Peoples of Russia was
established in Prague.Battle of Berlin:
The defenders of Berlin
surrendered to the
Soviet Union.
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