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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
Losses Spark Unrest
Japan retaliated by attacking the Russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 workers and their families approached the Czar's Winter
Palace in St. Petersburg. They were asking for more personal freedom, better working conditions, and elected National Legistlature. -
D.U.M.A.
Russia's first parliament (DUMA) met. Its leaders were moderates who wanted Russia to become a constitution monarchy. -
Russia dragged into WWI
Nicholas II made the fatefull decision to drag Russia into WWI. Russia was unprepared to handel the military and economic costs. -
Strike
Women textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide strike. In the next five people rioted chanting “down with autocracy!” and “down with the war” because of shortages of bread and fuel. -
Bolshevik Red Guards take over
Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd. They called themselves the Bolshevik Red Guards, they took over government offices and arrested leaders of provisional government. -
Russia Surrenders Territory
Russia and Germany signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies, angered many Russians who now objected the Red Guards and the murder of the royal family. -
Civil War
Civil War raged in Russia. Several western nations, including the U.S., sent military aid and forces to Russia to help the white army. -
N.E.D
Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state controlled economy. Resorted to a small scale version of capitalism called N.E.P. which allowed peasants to sell surplus instead of giving to the government, let small factories, businesses, and farms operate under private ownership. -
USSR is formed
Russia was named Union of Soviet Socialist Republic in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik revolution.
