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The democratic party of Russia splits into two seperate parties, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. Vladimir Lenin headed the Bolshevik Party while Julius Martov headed the Menshevik Party.
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The Japanese defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese war, and as a result the Russians began to lose confidence in their Tsar. They thought they would mercilessly beat Japan but they were defeated.
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Ruthless massacre of hundreds of unarmed protestors in St. Petersburg. This brutal killing led to massive strikes and demonstrations within the empire.
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The Tsar promises a constitution after the General Strike sweeps through Russia.
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The government creates a special courts martial to deal with political incidents; over 60,000 are executed, imprisoned or exiled by the system.
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Bolshevik members in Duma are arrested, tried and exiled to Siberia.
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The Spartacus League decided to come out into the open and organized an organized a demonstration against the First World War in Berlin. Several leaders were imprisioned.
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The Bolsheviks party increased to 24,000 members and they organized a demonstration in remembrance for Bloody sunday. Most of the Bolshevik leaders were in prison.
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Bolshevik workers break into various police stations and cut the telephone wires to government offices. The bolsheviks and the armed forces got into multiple armed conflicts.
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Nicholas II abdicted his throne which then lead to the formation of a Provisionasl Government. At the time both the Provisional Government and the worker soviets existed and there was a duality of power.
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Supported by the capitalists and the landlords, threatened to seize power to crush the worker's movement. he was defeated by the Bolsheviks.
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Pro-Bolshevik soldiers and Red Guard marched towards the Winter Palace and arrested members of the Provisional Government. This is often called a Bloodless Coup that put the Bolshevik's in power.
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Vladimir Lenin led to his leftist revolutionaries in an uprising in Petrograd against the ineffective Kerensky Provisional Government.
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The Soviet Secret police was created one day after the Russian Revolution, and it was entirely composed of Bolsheviks for a period of time until it was altered. The Secret Soviet Police was to defend the revolution.
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80,000 troops revolted against the Russian Army causing massive looting and widespread rioting. This put the entire country into chaos.
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Bolsheviks take over Moscow.
