Gavin's Russian Revolution

Mass Peasant Unrest

Jun 10, 1902

the lower class at the time was upset because of unfair treatmeant

Duma dissolved by Czar Nicholas

Oct 17, 1905

After the Revolution of 1905, Czar Nicholas II agreed to form an advisory council, the Bulygin Duma of August 1905.

Progressive Bloc is formed

Aug 10, 1915

this was an alliance of political forces formed to have a confident government. they occupied 236 of the 442 seats in the Imperial Duma

February Revolution

Feb 10, 1917

this is the first of two revolts to occur, which was centered around Petrograd which was formerly St. Petersburg.

Czar Nicholas II abdicates

Mar 2, 1917

During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.

Order No. 1 Issued

Mar 14, 1917

In response, the Petrograd Soviet issued Order Number 1. The order instructed soldiers and sailors to obey their officers and the Provisional Government only if their orders did not contradict the decrees of the Petrograd Soviet.

First Coalition Government formed

Mar 15, 1917

The Provisional Government accepted the resignation of Foreign Minister Milyukov and War Minister Guchkov, and made a proposal to the Petrograd Soviet to form a coalition government. As a result of negotiations, on 22 April 1917 agreement was reached and 6 socialist ministers joined the cabinet.

Lennin returns to Russia

Apr 3, 1917

Lennin Issues His April Theses

Apr 16, 1917

Lenin gave several speeches calling for the overthrow of the provisional government. On April 7, the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda published the ideas contained in Lenin’s speeches, which collectively came to be known as the April Theses.

Aleksander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister

Jul 11, 1917

Kerensky belonged to theSocialist Revolutionaries, the Petrograd Soviet and was a member of the Duma. He was therefore seen as a solid representative of the working class and in July 1917 became the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government.

Petrogad Strikes and Demonstrates

Jul 17, 1917

100,000 workers went on strike in Petrograd protesting food shortages and poor working conditions. On the same day, the State Duma reconvenes and attacks the gov about shortages.

Third Coalition Government with Bolsheviks as the Majority

Sep 25, 1917

Bolsheviks Revolution

Oct 7, 1917

Lennin Instated as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

Oct 26, 1917

Church and State Separate

Oct 27, 1917

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.

Allied forces arrive and fight alongside Whites

Period: Mar 11, 1918 to Mar 11, 1925

White Army Forms in Opposition to Bolsheviks

May 29, 1918

Czar Nicholas and his Family Executed

Jul 17, 1918

Lennin's Attempted Assassination

Aug 30, 1918

As a member of the Socialist Revolutionaries Kaplan viewed Lenin as a ‘traitor to the revolution’, when his Bolsheviks banned her party. On 30 August 1918, she approached Lenin as he was leaving a Moscow factory, and fired three shots, badly injuring him.

Battle of Kazan

Sep 5, 1918

Battle of Sviyazhsk

Sep 9, 1918

New Economic Plan

Mar 21, 1922

Rusia Declared a Republic

Dec 30, 1922

The Russian Republic was a short-lived state that controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II.

Vladimir Lennin Dies

Jan 24, 1924