Russia became a main exporter of grain even though they had a large, starving population. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Russia lost the east, according to the tsar's advisers, Russo-Japanese war in 1904, showing how weak they are. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Rapid industrialization ensued but it led to unhappy factory workers working eleven-and-a-half hours a day. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Nicholas II massacred peaceful protesters in front of his palace in what is known as the Bloody Sunday. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
As a result of the Bloody Sunday, many revolts arose throughout Russia, pressuring the Tsar. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The tsar created a parliament, the Duma, which was virtually powerless, because the tsar still made all the decisions. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The tsar took control of the military in 1915, but failed to strengthen the fighting on the homefront. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The February Revolution occured in 1917 as the public was suffering from economic instability and neglection. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Nicholas II, the last tsar, abdicated once his troops defected onto the rebels' side. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
After the last tsar stepping down from his throne, the Provisional Government of Duma takes power. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The Provisional Government of Duma was unpopular because it kept Russia in the war and failed to relieve the internal chaos. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Workers and soldiers began to elect soviets (councils) to govern factories and regiments. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The kaiser of Germany sent Vladimir Lenin to Russia to begin a revolution, which would later result in communism. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Lenin promised the public that he would withdraw Russia from the war, which the public favored immensely. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Lenin began many radical changes once his "Communist Party" came to power as a result of a successful revolution. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Lenin implemented "War Communism", in which the government nationalized banks and industries to fix the economic situation. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
In 1921, Lenin implemented the New Economic Policy, in which some private enterprise can be owned. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Stalin implemented the Five-Year Plan in 1928. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Stalin consolidated Russian peasants to work on huge farms which failed, causing mass starvation in 1931-1933. #RusRevHw
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
The Soviet Union rose to be the world's third most largest producer of electricity. #RusRevHw.
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015
Stalin forced many surviving Bolsheviks to admit crimes they didn't commit, resulting in their death. #RusRevHw #issues
— Alan Syau (@alanheartstalin) March 17, 2015