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Bloody Sunday
500 protesters were massacred on Bloody Sunday, starting months of protest and disorder throughout Russia. This was the supposed start of the Russian Revolution. -
Grigori Rasputin is Assassinated
It took a lot of work to kill Rasputin even though the plan seemed simple. -
March Revolution
The first stage of the revolution of 1917 overthrows the monarchy and replaces it by the Provisional Government. -
Lenin and the Bolsheviks Return
Lenin, Zinoviev and other Bolsheviks arrives in Petrograd coming from exile in Switzerland. -
Strikes Escalate
700,000 railway workers on strike; leading Bolsheviks released from prison. -
Bolsheviks Take Over Petrograd
Bolsheviks take control of the Petrograd Soviet, and Leon Trotsky, leader of the Red Guards, becomes president -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Lenin signed a treaty with Germany, taking Russia out of WWI. -
USSR Established
Lenin helped establish the United Soviet Socialists Republic, a communist country.
