Russian Revolution

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  • 1881

    Alexander III came to the throne.

  • 1894

    Nicholas II came to the throne.

  • 1903

    Russian Marxists split into two groups: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.

  • 1904

    Russians were attacked by Japanese at Port Arthus, Manchuria.

  • 1905

    Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg leads to growing civil unrest.

  • 1906

    First Duma met, issued by Nicholas II

  • 1914

    Nicholas II enters Russia into WW1

  • 1915

    Nicholas moved his headquarters to front lines. His wife, Alexander, begins to be influenced by Rasputin.

  • 1916

    Nobles murder Rasputin.

  • 1917

    City-wide strikes begin in Petrograd.

  • 1917

    Nicholas abdicates his throne

  • 1917

    Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power in the Bolshevik Revolution.

  • 1918

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Lenin withdraws Russia from WW1.
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    1918-1920

    The Rusiian Civil War.

  • 1921

    New Economic Policy (NEP) issued by Lenin.

  • 1922

    Russia is renamed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) by the Bolsheviks and Lenin.

  • 1922

    Stalin is general secretary of the Communist party.
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    1922-1927

    Stalin climbs to achieve government control.

  • 1924

    Bolsheviks "Communists" create a new constitution.

  • 1924

    Stalin placed many of his supporters in key positions.

  • 1924

    Lenin Dies.

  • 1928

    Stalin is in total control of Communist Party.

  • 1928

    Stalin outlines first of several Five-Year Plans for the economic development of the USSR.

  • 1928

    Government, lead by Stalin, begins to seize over 25 million privately owned farms and convert them into collective farms.

  • 1929

    Trotsky is forced into exile.

  • 1933

    A second Five-Year Plan issued by Stalin.
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    1934-1939

    Stalin launches Great Purge, his campaign of terror.