Russian Revolution

By lynda113

  • The Russian Social Democrat Labor Party meets

    People were divided on who they supported

  • Bloody Sunday

    Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in St Petersburg

  • The Revolution of 1905

    Rapid growth of discontended working class.

  • October manifesto

    Brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution by promising civil liberties.

  • Fundamental Laws of 1906

    Reflected promises in October Manifesto.Made a absolutist state into one.

  • Russo Japanese War

    Defeat for Russia in this war lead to political instability.

  • WWI begins.

    World War 1 began, Czar Nicholas took command of the Russian Army.

  • Collapse of Imperial Goverment

    Alexander and Raputin throw the goverment into chaos.

  • The March Revolution

    People organized strikes and protests demanding food and fuel.Soldiers were sent to stop the protests ended up joining the protestors.

  • Petrograd Soviet

    Representative body for city workers and soldiers

  • Stalin arrives

    Arrives from prison and later appointed to the editorial board of Pravda.

  • Provisional Goverment

    Goverment was established.

  • Russian Civil War

    Started in 1917 and was a multi party war.

  • Russian Revolution.

    Bolsheviks claimed absolute power.

  • The November Revolution

    All private property was abolished and divided among the peasantry.Complete breakdown of Russian economy and society.

  • End of Russian Revolution

    Demonstrators wanting bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd

  • White Army

    Forces of South Russia and led by Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak

  • Red Army

    Army and airforce of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

  • Peace with Germany

    Signed peace of treaty with Germany, Russia lost much of its western territory and 1/3 of its population.

  • Treaty of Brest-litovsk

    Negotiated with the Germans, giving them much Russian territory,population and resources.

  • Communist Party

    Lenis renamed his political party to the Communist Party

  • Russia backs out of WWI

    Lenin signed to taking Russia out of WWI.

  • Czar killed

    Him and his family were executed.

  • Reds Win

    The Communist win the civil war over the white

  • Lenin dies

    He dies and Stalin becomes his sucessor.