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Battle of Tannenberg
The battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany and resulted in almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. -
The Death of Rasputin
Rasputin was shot by Yusupov but did not collapse at first, until Purishkevich shot him again. They then threw him in the Neva River, where he died from drowning. -
The March Revoluton
The March Revolution was the first stage of the Russian Revolution where the monarchy was overthrown. -
The establishment of the provisional government under Kerensky
The Russian Provisional Government was established as a temporary government immediately after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. It intended to organize elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention. -
Lenin's Return From Exile
Lenin returned to Russia to take charge of the Bolsheviks. He headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia. -
The Russian Civil War Starts
The Russian Civil War was sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government. The Russians rose up in a revolt and Czar Nicholas ll abdicated the throne. -
The Bolshevik Takeover in Novemeber
The Bolshevik party launched a a nearly bloodless coup against provisional government. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I and resulted in Russia losing major territorial holdings. The treaty was placed to ensure territory and money gain for Germany as well as the removal of a war on its eastern front and to ensure safety for Russia. -
Assassination of the Romanov family
The family was shot to death by Bolshevik revolutionaries under Yakov Yurovsky on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet in Yekaterinburg -
Lenin’s establishment of the Comintern
Lenin called the first congress of the Comintern to undermine efforts to revive the Second International. It functioned chiefly as an organ of Soviet control over the international communist movement. -
Lenin’s New Economic Policy
Lenin's Economic Policy called for a limited amount of free-market capitalism to ensure a more efficient transition to communism. -
Reds Win Civil War
The Red army defeated the White army in Ukraine. There geographical position contributed to their win as well as their ruthless attacks -
Lenin’s death
Lenin died in Gorki, aged 53 after falling into a coma. The official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels. -
Trotsky flees to Mexico
Trotsky lived in Turkey, France, and Norway before settling in Mexico in 1937. After Lenin's death, Trotsky was outmaneuvered by Joseph Stalin and his allies and lost his positions which caused him to move. -
Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan
The plan called for the collectivization of agriculture and the expansion of heavy industry. He concentrated on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. -
The Great Purge
The Great Purge was a purge in the Soviet Union where ethnic minorities were murdered. Stalin used his secret police to spy on the people who disagreed with him. Then the police would arrest them and sent them to labor camps in Siberia or kill them.