Russian revolution

By godgiggashark23

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    In 1905, at the time the Russian monarch and people were experiencing growing tensions after four of the workers from the iron factory were discharged. Workers throughout the city went on strike. A petition was signed for better working areas which got many signatures. then the people of St Petersburg marched to the place to deliver the petition.

  • The Unravelling of the Royal Family and Rasputin

    The Unravelling of the Royal Family and Rasputin
    While Rasputin was a mystic and healer, he had a bad reputation of being a womanizer and drunk. He discredited the Tsar government which was one of the causes of the overthrow of the government.

  • February revolution

    February revolution
    march 8-16 was when the revolution started. but it was called the February Revolution.

  • Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

    Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
    Tsar Nichalas II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia. He was overturned and arrested by the Bolsheviks and later murdered by them.

  • Vladimir Lenin return

    Vladimir Lenin return
    Vladimir Lenin has been in exile and has now returned to Russia to get his power back.

  • October Revolution and the Red Guards

    October Revolution and the Red Guards
    The Bolsheviks carried out the Great October Socialist Revolution. Bolshevik Red Guards took over key areas of Russia - railways, government buildings and telegraph offices.

  • Alexander Kerensky went into exile and Lenin seized power

    Alexander Kerensky went into exile and Lenin seized power
    He led the Russian Provisional Goverment for 3 months but after the October Revolution he fled Russia and live his life in exile and Lenin seized power.

  • Russian Civil War (1917 - 1922)

    Russian Civil War (1917 - 1922)
    This was a 4 year conflict between the Boshelvik Red Army which wanted a communist state and the White Army, a group of anti-Bolshevik forces made up of monarchs and priests and liberals.

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a treaty between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria) which resulted in Russia leaving the war (WWI). Russia ended up losing some land and countries.

  • Joseph Stalin becomes Head of Communist Party

    Joseph Stalin becomes Head of Communist Party
    Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the Communist party. He gained even greater control over the party after Lenin's death in 1924.