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Marxist Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionaries couldn't agree upon any revolutionary tactic, and the radical Bolsheviks were willing to risk everything. -
Russia's Betrayal and Japan's Retaliation
After Russia broke their treaty with Japan, Japan attacked the Russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. Russia lost, and continued enduring losses afterwards. -
Workers Demand Change
About 200,000 unarmed workers and their families approached Nicholas ll's winter palace. They proposed a petition asking for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legistlature. Nicholas ordered his guards to attack the crowd, killing more than 1,000 people. This day is called "Bloody Sunday." -
The Russian Parliament of Duma.
Duma, Russia's first parliament (which Nichola ll reluctantly agreed to), met for the very first time. -
Russia Enters WW1
Nicholas ll decided to bring Russia into WW1, which costed Russia 4,000 soldiers that were killed, injured, or kidnapped. Russia's military severly lacked the needed military leaders and weaponry to face the German army, and they went down easily. -
Women Join the Fight
Women textile workers in Petragrad led a city-wide strike, which eventually resulted in riots flaring up among 200,000 workers to demand change. -
Bolshevik Red Guard Steps In
The provisional government toppled as armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd. They called themselves the "Bolshevik Red Guard". -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia surrendered some territory to Germany and its allies. -
The War Is Over
After two long years of exhausting battle, Russia's civil war finally comes to an end. -
Lenin Introduces NEP
Lenin put aside his plans for a stae-controlled economy temporarily in order to commence in a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economy Policy (NEP) -
Joseph Stalin Comes In to Play
Jospeh Stalin began his ruthless climb to power by working behind the scenes to move his supporters into positions of power, thus swaying the voters to his direction when the time finally came to select a new Russian ruler after Lenin.
