Russia 1917

  • January strikes and revolts

    January strikes and revolts
    Revolts against the Tsar.
    (You can see them burning a painting of him).
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    January

    Strikes start breaking out.
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    February

    Strikes are spread and gain magnitude.
  • February manifestations

    February manifestations
    Manifestation before the Tsar's Palace.
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    March

    On the 7th: the entire country goes on strike demanding bread.
    On the 12th: army stops supporting the Tsar. Duma takes over the government.
    On the 15th: the Tsar abdicates.
  • MARCH REVOLUTION

    MARCH REVOLUTION
    New York Times headline about the Tsar abdicating.
  • Lenin's April Theses

    Lenin's April Theses
    Lenin's slogan along with "All power to the soviets". Main ideas of his April Theses.
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    April

    Lenin returns to Russia and sets out his April Theses (encouraged a second revolution).
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    June

    Army starts falling appart because of the desserters. Peasants take control of the countryside.
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    July

    Bolsheviks against the war rebel and fail. Lenin flees to Finland. Kerensky (Minister for War) takes over the government.
  • July Days

    July Days
    Bolshevik armed uprising in which they (as it can be seen in the picture) were crushed.
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    September

    Kornilov (leader of the army) marches with his troops to Moscow to get rid of the Bolsheviks and the Provisional Government. These two ally so he fails.
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    October

    Kerensky's government ends when he loses support from the army, the peasants and the workers.
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    November

    On the 6th: the Red Guards (Bolsheviks) take control of post offices, bridges and the State Bank
    On the 7th: Bolsheviks were in control of most of Petrograd. Red Guards storm in the Winter Palace and arrest all ministers except for Kerensky who escapes. He tries to win Russia back, fails and flees.
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    The Bolshevik revolution was ideologically led by Lenin who can be seen in the picture. The colour red is also seen since this colour represented them.