Russian Civil War

By llainebb

  • The Russian Empire

    In 1861, the Russian Empire finally abolished serfdom. The emancipation of serfs would influence the events leading up to the Russian Revolution by giving peasants more freedom to organize.

  • Bloody Sunday massacre

    Large protests by Russian workers against the monarchy led to the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905.

  • Russia entered into World War I

    Russia entered into World War I in August 1914 in support of the Serbs and their French and British allies.

  • revolutions

    In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting into motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union.

  • Civil War

    Civil War broke out in Russia in late 1917 after the Bolshevik Revolution. The warring factions included the Red and White Armies.

  • Declared

    Russia is officially declared a republic.

  • Decree

    The Decree on the Press, the first Bolshevik censorship decree, abolishes the ‘bourgeois’ press.

  • Elections

    Elections to the Constituent Assembly take place. The Socialist Revolutionaries win the largest number of seats, while the Bolsheviks win less than one-quarter of the vote.

  • The Constituent Assembly

    The Constituent Assembly meets but is dissolved by the Bolsheviks.

  • Romanovs

    On July 16, 1918, the Romanovs were executed by the Bolsheviks.

  • The red army

    The Red Army invades and occupies Crimea and the White Army is forced to withdraw.

  • The Russian Civil War

    The Russian Civil War ended in 1923 with Lenin’s Red Army claiming victory and establishing the Soviet Union.