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The Communist Revolution was an internal revolution in [[Russia]] in 1917.  After the revolution, the [[Communist Party]] rose to power.  As a result of the revolution, Russia withdrew from the [[Allied Powers]].   
 
The Communist Revolution was an internal revolution in [[Russia]] in 1917.  After the revolution, the [[Communist Party]] rose to power.  As a result of the revolution, Russia withdrew from the [[Allied Powers]].   
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The [[Great War]] had weakened Czar [[Nicholas II]], and he abdicated the throne in March 1917.  Russia was left under the provisional government of [[Alexander Kerensky]], which intended to continue fighting in the war, but in November 1917, the leader of the [[Bolsheviks]] Communist Party, [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]], overthrew the provisional government and executed the Czar's family.
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The [[Great War]] had weakened Czar [[Nicholas II]], and he abdicated the throne in March 1917.  Russia was left under the provisional government of [[Alexander Kerensky]], which intended to continue fighting in the war, but in November 1917, the [[Bolshevik]] Communist Party, led by [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]], overthrew the provisional government and executed the Czar's family.
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Lenin made peace with [[Germany]] and then withdrew Russia from the War.  In March of 1918, Lenin signed the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], which granted Germany many territories, including what is now Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.  This was a humiliating defeat, but Russia was simply to weak to fight anymore.
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Lenin made peace with [[Germany]] and then withdrew Russia from the war.  In March of 1918, Lenin signed the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], which granted Germany many territories, including what is now Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.  This was a humiliating defeat, but Russia was simply to weak to fight anymore.
    
There was a civil war in Russia from 1918 to 1920 between Lenin's [[Red Army]] and the opposing western [[White Army]].  Ten million people died in the war and five million died in the resulting famine.  The Red Army won.
 
There was a civil war in Russia from 1918 to 1920 between Lenin's [[Red Army]] and the opposing western [[White Army]].  Ten million people died in the war and five million died in the resulting famine.  The Red Army won.
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