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Workers Strike
More than 100,000 workers are still on strike since January 9th and they attack the Government because they failed to respond to food shortages. -
February Revolution
The Russian revolution centers around two primary events: the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution, which removed Tsar Nicholas 2nd from power, developed spontaneously out of a series of increasingly violet demonstrations and riots on the streets of St Petersburg during a time when the Tsar was away from the capital visiting troops on the World War 1 front. -
Tsar orders troops to fire on protesters.
Dozens are killed from these firing as 200,00 workers are now involved. He also orders the Duma to be permanently dissolved, however this is ignored. -
Lenin Returns
Lenin returns to Russia with the assistance of the German government. On arrival he delivers a speech at Finland Station which forms the basis of the April theses. -
April Theses
The April Theses was a series of ten directives issued by the Bolshevik leader Lenin upon his return to Petrograd. The theses were mostly aimed at fellow Bolsheviks in Russia. The Theses influenced the October Revolution a lot. -
Milyukov resigns
Milyukov resigns. Six Menshevik and SR delegates join the Provisional Government, while Alexander Kerensky replaces Guchkov as war minister. -
Military offensive against Galicia
On Kerensky’s orders, Russian forces begin a massive military offensive against the Austro-Hungarians in Galicia. The offensive fails, leading to 400,000 Russian casualties -
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. -
Death Penalty
July 12th: Under pressure from generals, the Provisional Government reintroduces the death penalty for deserting or mutinying soldiers at the front. Seven days later, Kornilov replaces Brusilov as commander of Russian Army. -
The October Revolution
The Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar). The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee. -
The last holdout
The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars (abbreviated as Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia. The Winter palace was the official residence of the Russian Monarchs. It was, until it was taken over by the Bolsheviks in 1917, October 26
