Russian dates

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    Russian Dates

    a timeline of russia form 1917 to 1937
  • Czar Nicholas II left for war

    Czar Nicholas II left for war
    Czar Nicholas II gave up his throne in march of 1917 to go fight in the war under the advisment of the military and political leaders.
  • Lenins Return

    Lenins Return
    Germany helped lenin return home in hope of weakening russia
  • Alexandra Kollontai

    Alexandra Kollontai
    Kollontai became the only high-ranking woman to serve in Lenin's government
  • poland

    poland
    Poland invades Russia
  • peasents

    peasents
    Start of peasant insurrection
  • NEP

    NEP
    under lenin, the economy in russiahad come close to collapse. this led to the creation of the NEP or new economc policy in 1921 to allow some capitalist ventures to exist
  • end of russia civil war

    end of russia civil war
    Russia was left in caos and lenin was faced with revuilding an enitre nation and economy after the communist victory
  • constitution

    constitution
    communists produced a constitution in 1922 that was a combination of democratic and socialist ideals. this gave all citizens age 18 and over the right to vote
  • Lenin knows stalin

    Lenin knows stalin
    as early as 1922 Lenin expressed grave doubts about stalins ambitios nature.
  • Churches

    Churches
    The Soviet government ordered the confiscation of valuables from churches
  • Lenin Dies

    Lenin Dies
    Lenin suddenly died in 1924. his body was preserved in a glass coddin for more than 65 years
  • Trotsky and Stalin

    Trotsky and Stalin
    at Vladamir Lenins death Trotsky and Stalin Jockeyed for the position. both had very Different ideas. Stalin won and Trotsky was assassinated in mexico by Stalins secret police
  • Stalins Five Year Plan

    Stalins Five Year Plan
    Stalin proposed the first of several five year plans aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output.
  • Trotsky critacizing Stalin

    Trotsky critacizing Stalin
    Trotsky Criticized stalin throughout his entire campain and soon in 1940 he would pay for it when he was killed in 1940
  • women jobs

    women jobs
    By the 1930s many Soviet women were working in medicine, engineering, or the sciences
  • Grain in Russia

    Grain in Russia
    Grain in Russia slowly rised upward, but meat, fruit, and Vegetables remained in a food shortage
  • Stalin godlike

    Stalin godlike
    From the 1930s until his death in 1953 Stalin tried to boost morale and faith in the communist system by making himself a godlike figure
  • The Great Purge

    The Great Purge
    Stalin Launched the great Purge. during this reign of terror he cracked down on many people sending them to labor camps where many worked themselves to death.