Russian Revolution

By Emilia Romano

  • Nicholas II ruler

    Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia.

  • Lenin exiled to Siberia

    Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years.

  • Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia.

    Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia.

  • Mensheviks and Bolsheviks

    The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority").

  • Bloody Sunday

    The Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg was a protest which is ended by imperial forces firing into the crowd. More than 100 marchers were killed, and several hundred were wounded. The massacre was followed by a series of strikes in other cities, peasant uprisings in the country, revolts in the armed forces, which seriously threatened the tsarist regime. With this event, the 1905 Russian Revolution begins.

  • Creation of first Duma, (elected parliament)

    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), that ended having no power and the Czar would dismiss it if it disagreed with him. There were two parties in the Duma which supported the Tsar, the Rights, (deputies who wanted to abolish the Duma and restore autocracy) and the Octobrists, (didn´t want to restore autocracy, but wanted him to keep to the October manifesto).

  • "Fundamental Laws"

    A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, that confirmed the October Manifesto but also asserting the Tsar’s powers over the Duma. With the Fundamental Laws, the Tsar regained his position as supreme leader. 

  • WW 1 begins

  • Absolute power of the army to Nicholas II

    Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army.

  • Rasputin is murdered

    The confidant of the Czarina, Rasputin, is murdered.

  • The Kornilov Affair fails

    The Kornilov Affair, a coup iniciated by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army, fails.

  • The February Revolution

    The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar).

  • Provisional Government is formed

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates and he also includes his son. One day later, Mikhail, Nicholas' brother, announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government is formed.

  • The July days

    The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding.

  • Kerensky and the Provisional Government

    Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government.

  • The Kornilov Affair fails

    The Kornilov Affair, a coup initiated by the commander of the Russian Army, General Lavr Kornilov, fails.

  • The October Revolution

    The October Revolution begins when the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd.

  • The Bolsheviks gain Russia’s control

    The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars, led by Lenin. Now, Russia is under the Bolshevik rule.

  • The Russian Civil War begins

    The Russian Civil War begins

  • The Russian civil war begins

  • Russia is out of the WW 1

    Germany and Russia sign a treaty called, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk that takes Russia out of World War I.

  • Communist Party

    The Bolshevik Party is now called de Communist Party

  • The Russian civil war begins

  • Czar Nicholas II execution

    Czar Nicholas family, the Russian Imperial Romanov family, including the Czar himself are executed under Lenin’s command, the Bolshevik leader.

  • Russian civil war ends

  • Stalin is appointed General Secretary.