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russian revolutin 1917-1924
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february revolution begins
Begins with strikes, demonstartions, and mutinies in petrograd, goestil feburary 27, 1917 -
Czar Nicholas 2 abdictates his son
after the abdictions of the throne almost 300 years of russian dynasty cameto an end the next day, MArch 3, 2014, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed -
Lenin returns home
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd through a sealed train -
protests begin against Provisional Government
protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding -
New prime minister
Alexander Kerensky became the new Prime Minister of the Provisional Government -
The Kornilov Affair
failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army -
The October Revolution
Bolsheviks take over Petrograd -
Winter Palace
last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars,whichi led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia -
Julian calenderto gregorian
Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I -
Communist Party
the bolshevieks changed their name to the Communist Party -
Moscow is named
The russianapital changes its nameo Moscow intad of st.petersburg. -
The assassination
Bolsheviks, too scared of the tsar and the repercussions of keeping prisoners, shoot the imperial family when white forces and the Czech Legion get too close to Yekaterinderg. Kill Czar Nicholas II and his family -
assassination gone wrong
An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded -
russian cival war
the russan war ended -
general secretary
stalin becoms lenin's general secretary. -
Lenin stroke
The russian leader suffers his first stroke -
Politics over 4 lenin
suffers his 2nd stroke, retires from politics -
Union of Soviet Socialogist Rebublics
the U.S.S.R established -
Lenin dies
Lenin dies. which leads to Stalin becoming his sucessor. Stalin was an evil man, who didnt want to build russia but detroy it. He wanted to be as powerful as a god, which he didnt believe because he was atheias.
