Russian Revolution

  • March Revolution

  • Nicholas II becomes Czar/Tsar of Russia

  • Revolution of 1905—Bloody Sunday

  • Russia loses war with Japan

  • Russia enters World War I

  • Bolshevik Revolution defeats Tsar Nicholas' monarchy government

  • Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne

  • Lenin Returns to Russia

    Lenin's return to Russia was important because he started the Russian Revolution. Because of the Russian Revolution, Communism eventually became the government ideology of Russia.
  • Civil War between Red and White Armies

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI

  • Stalin becomes Dictator

  • Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)