Russian Revolution (1917 - 1920)

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  • Russian Workers on Strike

    More than 140,000 Russian workers strike in commemoration of the 12th anniversary of Bloody Sun.

  • February Revolution

    Tsarist government announces food rationing

  • International Women's Day

    Marchers gather with striking works and socialist agitators

  • Ending of Romanov Rule

    Czar Nicholas II's brother refuses to the throne which ends more than 300 years of Romanov rule.

  • Liberal Principles

    Provisional Government issues a set of liberal principles in which includes improvements to civil rights and freedoms

  • House Arrest

    Czar Nicholas II and his family are detained under house arrest

  • Abolish Death Penalty

    The Provisional Government issues a decree abolishing the death penalty

  • Nicholas II Abdicates

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son.

  • Russia Stays in War

    Foreign minister Pavel Milyukov informs the Allies by telegram that Russia intends to remain in the war until its completion

  • Russian Forces Against Austro-Hungarians

    Kerensky's orders, Russian forces begin a massive military offensive against the Austro-Hungarians in Galicia

  • Bolsheviks Take Power

    Workers and soldiers revolt, demand the Soviets or the Bolsheviks take power
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    July Days

    Protests in Petrograd against the Provisional Government

  • Replacement

    Kornilov replaces Brusilov commander-in-chief of the Russian army.

  • New Prime Minister

    Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government

  • Kornilov Affair

    General Kornilov declares his intention to march on Petrograd and free the country from radical socialists.

  • October Revolution

    Bolsheviks Central Committee declares that "all armed uprising is inevitable"
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    Petrograd Soviet and Bolsheviks Debate

    Petrograd Soviet and Bolsheviks pass motions for the seizure of power and debate the means by which this should be achieved

  • Bolsheviks seize power

    Lenin announces that the Bolsheviks have seized power and calls for preparations for a Soviet government

  • Control of Moscow

    Bolshevik Red Guards win control of Moscow after a week of bitter fighting

  • CHEKA

    Lenin decrees the formation of the CHEKA, a small agency led by Dzerzhinsky and tasked with combating counter-revolutionary activity

  • Changes in the calendar

    The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar

  • Communist Party

    Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party

  • Treaty of Brest - Litovsk

    Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed and takes Russia our of World War I
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    Russian Civil War

  • Nicholas II's family is executed

    Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed by Bolsheviks.