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- On Nov. 7, 1917, the Bolshevik
(Communist) Party, led by Vladimir
Illych Lenin, seized power in Petrograd, the capital of Russia.
Over
the next ten days they won power in Moscow and the rest of the
country. The Bolsheviks were anxious for peace with the Germans
in order to consolidate power in Russia, and opened negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk. Failure by Trotsky to agree to the German terms
led to a German offensive, and the Bolsheviks were forced to
conclude the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, after losing
huge territories...
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