Russian Revolution

By Paulinasreyes

  • Russian Social Democratic Labor Party

    Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
    The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks (minority) and Bolsheviks (majority). The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in Petrograd.

  • October Manifiesto

    October Manifiesto
    The October Manifesto, issued by Czar Nicholas II, brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution by promising civil liberties and an elected parliament (Duma). Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution.

  • WWl

    WWl
    World War I begins. Russia entered into World War I in support of the Serbs and their French and British allies.

  • Russia Army

    Russia Army
    Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army. Rasputin is murdered.

  • Russian Revolution Treaty

    Russian Revolution Treaty
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I. Russian civil war begins.

  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War
    Civil War broke out in Russia in late 1917 after the Bolshevik Revolution. The Russian Civil War ended in 1923 with Lenin’s Red Army claiming victory and establishing the Soviet Union.

  • U.S.S.R.

    U.S.S.R.
    Stalin is appointed General Secretary. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established.

  • Russian Revolution of 1924

    Russian Revolution of 1924
    Lenin dies; Stalin will become his successor.