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Timeline: The Russian Revolution
The revolution in 1917 saw Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, relinquish his throne, and power go to the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin. The revolution created the communist state of Soviet Russia.
Baba Umar
In this 1917 file photo, a scene of the Russian Revolution. The tumult that Russia endured in 1917 sent shockwaves around the world as its last czar, Nicholas II, abdicated his throne, and power was later seized by Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks.
In 1917, a band of revolutionaries ousted the Tsarist Empire in what became known as the Great October Revolution.
The world was never the same again.
Here's how it happened:
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Baba Umar is an Executive Producer with TRT World
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