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Lenin Exiled
A few years earlier, Lenin's brother tried to kill czar nicholas II father. For this attempt, he was killed. Lenin in return tried to take power from Nicholas. He was arrested and exiled to Siberia. -
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Revolution Breaks out
beginningabout 120,000 industrial workers go on strike in St. Petersburg. Czar Nicholas II quickly put an end to it. On the last day, troops open fired on the peaceful demonstration. This would further be known as Bloody Sunday. -
Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
About 10,000 women marched through the streets of Petrograd demanding "peace and bread" and "down with autocracy". Other workers soon joined them in a general strike. This strike shut down factories until march 10. Nicholas II ordered troops to break down the crowd but soldiers refused and joined the demonstators. -
Provisional Government Established
The imperial government was forced to resign. The provisional government, consisting mainly of middle class Duma representatives, was formed. The revolution triumphed when regiment after regiment of the Petrograd garrison defected to the cause of the demonstrators. -
Soviet of Petrograd Formed
The soviet of Petrograd challenged the government's authority. The council was mainly composed of representatives from the workers and the soldiers. Soviets sprang up in rural areas, factory towns, and army units. -
Abdication of Czar
once in place, the provisional government urged czar Nicholas II to step down. He no longer had the support of the army or the aristocrats so he stepped down. He tried to hand it over to his brother Michael but he refused. This ended the 300 year old Romanov dynasty. -
The Government States its Purpose of the War
Provisional Government declares that its purpose in continuing the war is solely for the defense of Russia. This serves as a compromise position with the Petrograd Soviet, which accepts this new formulation. -
Passing of a Law
The Provisional Government passes a law allowing the freedom of meetings and unions. -
Lenin comes back to Russia
LeninIn hope to create disorder in Russia, german military leaders shipped Lenin to russia. Lenin and his associates were sealed in a train to prevent their ideas from infecting germany. Lenin saw an opportunity for the Bolsheviks to seize power and maintained that the soldiers, workers, and peasants were "ready made instruments of power." -
The First All Russian Congress of Soviets
The First All Russian Congress of Soviets begins in Petrograd. The Congress almost unanimously agrees to end World War I, though only through tremendous consternation agrees to support the Provisional Government, despite Bolshevik protests. The Bolsheviks insist that all power must go to the Soviets. -
The amount of lsses for both sides
Kerensky has a fresh offense on the Eastern Front, even though they have a very low moral, and poor supplies and logistics, and they don’t have any strategic thinking. The Germans counterattack bringing devastating losses to the Russian and 150,000 were killed, and nearly 250,000 were wounded. -
Bolsheviks gain power
powerThe Bolsheviks seized the winter palace which was the seat of the provisional government. The government quickly collapsed with little bloodshed. The Bolsheviks soon renamed themselves the Communists. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Lenin promised peace to the people of Russia. He soon realized this would not be an easy task for there would be a great loss of russian land. He signed the treaty of Brest-Livovsk with Germany which gave up Eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces. -
Killing of Czar Nicholas II
After being abdicatated from the throne, Nicholas, his wife, and children were taken into captivity. The april of 1918, they were moved to Ekaterinburg. After finding his location, members of a local soviet murdered the czar and his familiy and burned them in a nearby mine shaft. The bodies were found many years later and could only be identified by DNA analysis.
