Russian Revolution

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    February Revolution

    (February 23-27 Julian Calendar) The beginning of the working-class revolution, making protests about food shortages and high prices.

  • Tzar's Abdication

    (March 2 Julian Calendar) Tzar Nicholas Romanov II abdicated, ending imperial rule over Russia. Also, the State Duma committe, declared itself as the Provisional Government, or later known as the "Whites."

  • Lenin Returns

    (April 3 Julain Calendar) After making a deal with the Germans, Lenin returns from exile to Petrogard in a sealed train.
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    July Days

    (July 3-7 Julian Calendar) Protests against the Provisional Government arise in Petrograd.

  • October Revolution

    (October 25 Julian Calendar) The Bolsheviks gains control of Petrograd.

  • Fall of the Winter Palace

    (October 25 Julian Calendar) The Winter Palace was the last fort for the Provisional Government--until the Bolshevicks took over. Lenin now controls Russia.

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russian is pulled out of WWI, just as Lenin promised, after signing a treaty with Germany.

  • Communist Party

    The Bolshevik Party officially becomes the Communist Party.

  • Moscow

    The new capital of Russia becomes Moscow, stripping Petrograd of its title after 206 years.
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    Civil War

  • Russian Constitution of 1918

  • Execution of the Romanov Family

    After being put under house arrest, Tzar Nicholas Romanov II and his family and servants were murdered in Ekateringburg.

  • Assasination Attempt on Lenin

  • The New Economic Policy

    A new economic policy is formed, making the bourgeois giving their land to the poor.
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    Russian Famine

    Shortages of food and supplies caused millions of casualties. Marked as 'one of the greatest human disasters of the 20th century.'

  • USSR

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.