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Marxists Revolutionaries Split
Marxist revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
Attack at Port Arthur
Russia and Japan signed a series of agreements over Korea and Manchuria. Russia broke these agreements, so Japan attacked Russia at Port Arthur -
Massacre at the Winter Palace
Workers and families went to Czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to petition for better work conditions and personal freedoms. Czar ordered soldiers to fire into the crowd, killing and injuring over 1,000 people. This is known today as Bloody Sunday. -
The First Parliment in Russia
The first Duma, Russians first parliment, met in May. Ten months later Czar got rid of the Duma. -
Russia Comes Unprepared
Nicholas the Second decided to take Russia into WW1. But Russia was unprepared for the War. Four million Russain soldiers had been killed, wounded, or taken as prisoners. -
Women Take a Stand
Women textile workers went on strike, nearly 200,000 workers were involved. They rioted over bread and fuel shortages. -
Storming of the Winter Palace
Armed factory workers, that called themselved the Bolshevik Red Guards, stormed the Winter Palace -
Singing of the Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germany signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. This treaty had Russia surrender a large portion of it's territories. -
The Civil War in Russia rages on.
A Civil War ragged in Russia, several nations sent troops to support them, but they were of little help. -
The start of the New Economic Policy
Lenin put aside his plan for a Sate-Controlled economy, and started a small scale plan of capitalism called the New Economic Policy. -
The Renaming of Russia
Russia was renamed to the USSR in honor of the council that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution.
