Russian Revolution

Russo-Japaness war

Feb 17, 1904

News of repeated Russian looses sparked unrest at home. led to a revolt in the midst of the war.

Bloody Sunday

Jan 22, 1905

About 200,000 workers and their families approached the czar's winter palace in St.petersburg

Bloody Sunday

May 1, 1906

The first duma met in may 1906. Its leaders were moderates.

World War 1

Aug 17, 1914

Nicholas ll made the fateful decision to drag Russia into World War1.

The march Revolution

Mar 17, 1917

Women textile workers in Petrograd led a city wide strike. In the next five days riots flaired up over bread and fuel shorteges.

The Provisional Government Topples

Nov 17, 1917

Without worning armed factory workers stormed the winter palace in Petrograd.

Bolsheviks In Power

Mar 17, 1918

Russia and Germany signed the treaty of best-litovsk.

Civil War Rages In Russia

Oct 17, 1920

Civil war reguarded in Russia

New Economic Policy

Mar 17, 1921

Lenin temperarly put aside his plan for a state-controlled economy.

Stalin Becomes Dictator

Dec 17, 1922

Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922. He survived, but the insident set in motion several Western nations sent aid to Russia.