Russian Revolution

By loic sanges

  • Russia tries to become industrialized

    Russia is 4th ranked producer of steel, and the people do not like working conditions and low wages

  • Bloody Sunday

    200,000 workers marched to the winter's palace with a petition to propose more freedom, but were shot by soldiers. This led to more strikes, protests, and violence round russia

  • Russo-Japanese war

    This war was one of many causes of the Revolution in Russia

  • Russia joins WW1

    Nicholas II decided to put Russia into the Great War, but with their agonizing defeats, it revealed the weakness of czarist rule

  • Alexandra Welcomes Rasputin

    Rasputin was a mysterious Holy Man who helped the czar's son with his hemophilia. Alexandra liked him but nobles and politicians did not trust him. He was later murdered by nobles.

  • Trans-siberian Railway is finished

    Building the railway started in 1891 and ended in 1916. It connected European Russia with western Russia.

  • The March Revolution

    Workers swarmed the streets of Petrograd shouting "Down with autocracy" and "down With the war". Soldiers who were ordered to shoot sided with the rioters.

  • Czar nicholas II steps down

    He abdicated the throne and was later executed with his family, which was the end of the Romanov Dynasty.

  • Lenin returns to russia

    Lenin and the bolsheviks return to Russia and go straight to Petrograd

  • Bolsheviks take power

    Bolsheviks take power
    Bolsheviks storm the winter palace and overthrew the provisional government.

  • Russia and Germany at Peace

    Lenin has Russia sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.

  • Civil War between the Red Army and the white Rmy

    The enemy of the Bolshevks, white army, fought the Red Army, the Bolsheviks. The Bosheviks man=intained power.

  • lenin Restores order

    He put aside his plan for state controlled economy and formed a version of capitilasm called NEP.

  • Communists create constitution

    Bolsheviks change their name to Communist Party. The constitution was based on socialist and democratic principles.

  • Stalin takes over

    Stalin was in full control of the Communist Party after Lenin's death, and turned Russia into a Totalitarism Regime.