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Rasputin Assassinated
In the early hours of December 30, 1916, a group of nobles lured Rasputin to Yusupovsky Palace, where they attempted to poison him.
Rasputin won the favor of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra through his ability to stop the bleeding of their hemophiliac son, Alexei.
He was murdered by Russian nobles eager to end his sway over the royal family. -
Russian Civil War 1917-1922
The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk had shown to many how weak the Bolsheviks actually were.
At the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks only effectively controlled Petrograd, Moscow and the territory between both cities. -
Communist Control Russia
A civil war broke out in Russia with the whites fighting to get rid of the Reds the communists.
The Provisional Government had been overthrown and the Bolsheviks had appeared to have gained power in Russia and that the country’s problems seemed to be over.
By 1921, Lenin had come through all of these problems and was the head of a communist government in Russia. -
Petrograd Soviets formed
The Petrograd Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies played a key role in the success of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The number of strikers grew from eighty thousand in April to two hundred and twenty thousand in May.
The Provisional Government was unable to make decisive policy decisions due to political factionalism and a breakdown of state structures. -
The March Revolution
Workers in the city’s largest factory demanded a 50% wage increase so that they could buy food.
The riots got worse and were getting out of hand,Nicholas was informed about the situation and the Russian Parliament .
The police tried to carry out the orders of Nicholas. Unfortunately, people got killed and the rioters became even more angry. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
He wasn’t trained or inclined to rule but he sought to preserve a desperate change.
In March 1917, the army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers in demanding socialist reforms, and Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate.
After a secret meeting a death sentence was sent to his whole family. -
Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia
After the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Lenin returned to Russia.
He opposed World War I as an imperialistic conflict and for Russia was a disaster.
After the outbreak of the February Revolution, German authorities allowed Lenin and his lieutenants to cross Germany an route from Switzerland to Sweden in a sealed railway car. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Provisional Government was opposed right away by the soviets, or councils of workers and peasants, who wanted the right to make their own decisions.
The Germans financed the Bolsheviks because they knew that Lenin wanted to take Russia out of the war.
By 1917, most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of Czar Nicholas II. -
Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Lenin ordered Bolshevik representatives should get a quick treaty from the Germans so they can end war,and then the Bolshevik could concentrate Russia on itself.
The contrast between the two peace delegations at Brest Litovsk revealed the broad gap that was emerging between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world as a result of the 1917 revolution.
On March 3 the Soviet government accepted a treaty by which Russia lost Ukraine, its Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland. -
Royal family murdered-
The prisoners were told to wait in the cellar room then a few minutes later, an execution squad of secret police came in and read an order.“Nikolai Alexandrovich, in view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you.”
In July 1991,the rest of the family and their reteinters were reburied by the Russian goverment following a state funeral.
Yurovsky decided to kill his entire family,including the servants and
