Russian Revolution

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  • 2017 BCE

    March, 1917

    Woman Textile workers started to go on strike.
  • 1922 BCE

    December, 1922

    Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 but he survived. Stalin started his climb to the top of the government.
  • 1921 BCE

    March, 1921

    Lenin temporarily put aside his plan for a state controlled economy.
  • 1920 BCE

    October, 1920

    A civil war raged on in Russia.
  • 1918 BCE

    March, 1918

    Russia and Germany signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and surrendered a large part of their territory to Germany
  • 1917 BCE

    March, 1917

    Woman Textile workers started to go on strike.
  • 1917 BCE

    November, 1917

    Armed factory workers stormed the winter palace.
  • 1914 BCE

    August, 1914

    Nicholas II made the fateful decision to drag Russia into WWI.
  • 1906 BCE

    May, 1906

    Russia's first Duma met in may 1906
  • 1905 BCE

    January 22, 1905

    Bloody Sunday, where people carried a petition asking for better condition and Nicolas II ordered the army to fire into the crowd killing more than 1,000 people.
  • 1903 BCE

    April 1903

    Marxists Revolutionaries split
    Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader.

  • Feburary 1904

    Russia faced a series of crises that showed the czars weaknesses.