Russian revolution

  • Alexander III's Reign

    • Alexander III assumes the throne in 1881
    • He initiates a period of conservative rule, suppressing dissent and reinforcing autocracy
  • Reign if Czar Nicholas II

    Nicholas becomes the last Russian Tsar
  • Russo Japanese War

  • Bloody Sunday

  • Start of World War I

  • March Revolution

  • Establishment of Provisional Government

  • Lenin's return to Russia

  • Bolshevik Revolution

  • Establishment of Bolshevik rule

  • Russian Civil War

  • Brest-Litovsk Treaty

  • Execution of the Romanovs

  • The Red Terror

  • Lenin's Death