Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution begins

Jan 22, 1917

In Russian , the Revolution of 1905 begins when czarist troops open fire on a peaceful group of workers marching to the winter place in st.Petesburg pettion their grivences to Czar Nicholas ll.

A new strike

Feb 12, 1917

a large crowd marched through the streets of Petrograd breaking shop windows and shouting anti-war slogans.

the strike spreads

Mar 8, 1917

The strike spreads to other factories where workers were just waiting for a spark. The Revolution has begun.

workers strike

Mar 9, 1917

200,000 workers are on strike now.

general strike

Mar 10, 1917

General strike. Students and many others are joining the activists in the streets.

the troops obey

Mar 11, 1917

Government troops are ordered to open fire on the protesters. The troops obey and hundreds are killed.

soldiers move

Mar 12, 1917

Soldiers in other cities join the revolt, many follow the demonstrators in the streets, others just go home, some shoot their officers.

the goverment is weak

Mar 14, 1917

The Provisional Government is too weak to do anything about it and tries to look as unruffled as possible for a sitting duck.

minester quits

Mar 15, 1917

george Yevengenynich louv becomes first prime minester and minester of the interior of Provesional Goverment . he will quit his job

declines the job

Mar 16, 1917

Grand Duke Michael ponders the situation briefly and then declines the job offer, which was smart but not smart enough to ultimately save his life. He will be killed on June 12, 1918.

respond

Mar 17, 1917

Ukrainian nationalists respond to the political upheaval in Russia and form the Central Rada, or the Central Council.

political prisoner

Mar 19, 1917

The Provisional Government announces amnesty for political prisoners.

death penalty

Mar 25, 1917

The Provisional Government abolishes the death penalty

grain crisis

Apr 7, 1917

Grain crisis. The Provisional Government issues a decree on grain monopoly. Famine is in the air

comes from switzerland

Apr 16, 1917

Lenin, Zinoviev and other Bolsheviks arrives in Petrograd coming from Switzerland. Lenin had left the country in 1900.

unaccceptable

Apr 17, 1917

Lenin presents his April Theses, his agenda for the continuation of the Revolution. He argues that the ruling Provisional Government is unacceptable because the workers, and the workers alone, should be the ones in power.

russians

May 1, 1917

Foreign Minister Pavel N. Milyukov (also spelled Miliukov) sends a declaration to the Allies regarding the Russian Government's war aims