Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In 1917, in less than eight months, Russia moved from absolute monarchy to a state run by the Bolsheviks, a revolutionary party led by Vladimir Lenin. This was not a simple uprising. It was the collapse of an empire under the weight of war, and then the seizure of the empty space it left.
That shift created a model that would divide the world for much of the 20th century.
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- 2A Russia out of breath
- 3February: the end of the Romanovs
- 4October: Lenin takes power
- 5The birth of the USSR
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary12 terms explained in a tap.
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