Russian Revolution

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Guards open fire on peaceful protestors due to Nicholas's negligence
  • Russo-Japanese war.

    the first major war of the 20th century, japan and russia had fought for trading dominance.
  • Revolution of 1905

  • Creation of the Duma

    A document full of broken promises. It was supposed to give the peasant class more rights but it was quickly deemed ineffecective.
  • Russia enters WWI

    Russia enters WWI
    The start of Russia in the Great War.
  • March Revolution

    30,000 workers protest not being able to work.
  • Nicholas II Abdicates the Throne

    Nicholas II Abdicates the Throne
    Tsar Nicholas the 2nd leaves power for the provisional government.
  • Kerensky Heads the Provisional Government

    Kerensky Heads the Provisional Government
    Andrew Kerensky forms the provisional government after Nichoas II leaves power.
  • Lenin From Exile from Exile in Germany

    Lenin From Exile from Exile in Germany
    Lenin returns from exile in Siberia to Russia.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins
  • Lenin Takes Power

    After returned from exile, Lenin leads the Bolshevik party.
  • Russia pulls out of WWI

    Russia leaving the war leaving its allies, France, Britain, and the US to fight off the central powers.
  • Assassination of Romanov family

    Assassination of Romanov family
    When under the belief they would be taken to England safely, the Tsar and his family were assassinated by the order of Vladmir Lenin.
  • Trosky wins Civil War

    Andrew Trotsky leader of the provisional government ends the Civil war.
  • Stalin comes to power

    Stalin comes to power
    Josef Stalin comes to power under the totalitarian state.
  • Russia becomes a totalitarian state

    Russia becomes a totalitarian state
    Russia, under the leader ship of Josef Stalin, becomes stricter and deadlier through the russian government.
  • Period: to

    The Great Purge