HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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first communist country, the Soviet Union
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newest nationalist nation-state, the Russian Federation
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latest constitutional monarchy, the Moscow Duma
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first modern theocracy, the Russian Orthodoxy
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Russian Revolution toppled the Romanov dynasty, and Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. The royal family was arrested by the Bolsheviks and held in seclusion. On July 17, 1918, the Bolsheviks murdered Nicholas, his family, and their closest retainers.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 27 October 1917, Lenin proclaimed that all power now belonged to the Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Russian Revolution of 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries toppled the monarchy, ending the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II and his entire family-including his young children-were later executed by Bolshevik troops.