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Failure of June Offensive
The June Offensive fails, further exacerbating Russian hardship caused by an increasingly costly war -
Commemoration of Bloody Sunday
More than 140,000 Russian workers strike in commemoration of the 12th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. -
Start of the February Revolution
The February Revolution begins in Saint Petersburg on International Women's Day and the Provisional Government is established as the ruling administrative power in the empire. The tsarist government announces food rationing, leading to panic buying in cities, where food availability is already critically low. -
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
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Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
The tsar met by the Duma’s Provisional Government committee, who demand his abdication. After consulting with his generals, Nicholas abdicates in favour of his brother Michael. -
Publication of Lenin’s April Thesis
Lenin publishes his April Theses condemning the Provisional Government for its incapacity to call an end to the "imperialist" war that Russia found itself in and calls for further revolution in Russia -
The ‘July Days’
The ‘July Days’ uprising in Petrograd. Workers and soldiers spontaneously revolt, demanding the Soviets or the Bolsheviks take power. Both refuse and the rebellion is crushed by government troops. -
October Revolution begins
October Revolution begins. The Bolshevik Central Committee declares that “an armed uprising is inevitable”. The Petrograd Soviet creates a Military Revolutionary Committee (MRC). -
The Storming of the Winter Palace
Bolshevik revolutionaries storm the Winter Palace and seize control of power from the Provisional Government -
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Consolidation of Bolshevik Power
The Russian Civil War rages until the Bolsheviks consolidate power, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 30, 1922 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed, withdrawing Russia from the First World War, ceding much of the former territory of the Russian Empire
