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Post-WWI Europe. Bolshevik Revolution 1917 . Tsar abdicates throne in March 1917 November 7, 1917 Bolshevik Communists seize power Led by Lenin and Trotsky Communist dictatorship is established Bolshevik power not consolidated until 1920 Engaged in civil war
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Bolshevik Revolution 1917 • Tsar abdicates throne in March 1917 • November 7, 1917 Bolshevik Communists seize power • Led by Lenin and Trotsky • Communist dictatorship is established • Bolshevik power not consolidated until 1920 • Engaged in civil war • Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Cedes large portions of empire to Germany • Significance of Revolution
Turmoil in Europe 1918-19 • Communist uprisings in Italy, Germany, Hungary • Nationalist hope in Europe • Based on Fourteen Points • Pact of Rome
Czechoslovakia May 1918 • Yugoslavia October 1918 • Independent nations formed BEFORE the armistice was signed