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Rasputing Assassinated
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Communist Control Russia
JUST 1917 -
Petrograd Soviets Formed
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates
27TH FEBRUARY 1917 -
The March Revolution
March Revolution was actually the February Revolution. It was caused by Russia's terrible state in the war against Germany, huge lack of basic necessities and an alliance of socialists and liberals who wanted reform. -
Lenin Shipped by Germans to Russia
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Bolshevik Revolution -Seized the Winter Palace
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Lenin sings Treaty of Breast- Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought Russia and Germany to end the war between in 1918. German were reminded of the harshness of Brest-Litovsk when they complained about the severity of the Treaty of Versailles signed in June 1919 -
Russian Civil War
Ranged from 1918-1921. Occured because after Noevember 1917, a many groups formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. Groups such as: Monarchists, militarists, and for a small time, froeign nations. -
Royay Family murdered
The telegram giving the order to execute the russian royalty was signed by Yakov Sverdlov. Around midnight, Yakov Yurovsky, the commandant of The House of Special Purpose, ordered the Romanovs' physician, Dr. Eugene Botkin, to awaken the sleeping family and ask them to put on their clothes, under the fake reasoning that the family would be moved to a safe location because of impending chaos in Yekaterinburg. the royal family was then ordered into the basement and executed by secret police.
