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Dissolution of the Russian Empire

  • February RevolutionRussia used the Julian calendar in 1917 while most of Europe followed the Gregorian system. This difference created a thirteen-day gap between dates.
  • October RevolutionIn 1917, Russia faced a national debt of 50 billion roubles. Foreign debts alone exceeded 11 billion roubles. The country stood on the brink of financial…
  • Treaty of Brest-LitovskIn April 1917, Germany transported Vladimir Lenin and thirty-one supporters in a sealed train from exile in Switzerland to Finland Station.