Civil war breaks out between the Reds and Whites.

Question

A communist government forms the USSR.
Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power.
Tsar Nicholas II gives up the throne.

Answer 1

The Provisional Government is set up but faces opposition.
The Red Army led by Trotsky defeats the White Army.
Stalin becomes the leader of the Communist Party.
Collectivization and industrialization begin.
The Great Purge sees millions executed or imprisoned.
World War II breaks out and the USSR becomes an important ally.
The Cold War starts with the US becoming a rival superpower.
Stalin dies and Khrushchev becomes the leader.
Cuban Missile Crisis occurs.
Tensions ease after detente under Brezhnev and Gorbachev.
Gorbachev introduces reforms and Soviet Union peacefully dissolved.