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Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Nicholas II was crowned the czar of Russia, and was the last czar Russia had. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, a shooting that ended up killing and wounding hundreds of workers on strike, was a trigger for the 1905 Russian Revolution. -
World War I starts
World War I was officially declared. World War I grew into a war that included 32 countries, and had approximately 65 million men fight, and 10 million die in the war. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Czar Nicholas II gave up his power because he was forced to. While he was czar, discontent only grew in Russia as they went into costly wars, ran low on food, and lost battles. -
The February Revolution begins
The Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd, and was the 1st of 2 revolutions. It spread to the Russian capital at the time. -
Lenin returns from exile
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile. -
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Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
Known as the July Days, soldiers and industrial workers engaged in armed demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks intended to be peaceful, but armed fights broke out. Lenin went into hiding, while other leaders were arrested. -
Russian civil war begins
The Russian civil war began sometime in October, but was not recorded for an exact date. -
The October Revolution
The October Revolution occurred, and the Bolsheviks took over Petrograd. They had toppled Tsar Nicolas II of Russia, and replaced his government with the Russian Provisional Government. -
Russia withdraws from World War I
Russia withdrew from World War I soon after the October Revolution of 1917. Russia was low on war funds, and it's people were starving. WIthout a chance to win the war, they decided to pull away from it. -
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
They changed their name to Russian Communist Party at some point in March of 1918. -
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Moscow becomes the capital of Russia because at that point Finland was not a part of the Russian Empire anymore, which created a threat to St. Petersburg. -
Nicholas II execution
Nicholas II and his family were shot, bayoneted, and clubbed to death. -
Russian civil war ends
The Russian civil war ended sometime in October, 5 years after it started. -
Lenin suffers second stroke
Lenin suffered his second stroke of his lifetime, but not his last. -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics established
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded, which turned out to be the biggest country during it's existence , at one point being 2 and a half times larger than the United States. -
Vladimir Lenin Dies
Lenin died from his fourth stroke in Gorki Leninskiye, Russia.
