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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. -
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. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. Feb 8, 1904 – Sep 5, 1905 -
February, 1904 Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. Feb 8, 1904 – Sep 5, 1905
February, 1904
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. Feb 8, 1904 – Sep 5, 1905 -
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia
Well on its way to losing a war against Japan in the Far East, czarist Russia is wracked with internal discontent that finally explodes into violence in St. Petersburg in what will become known as the Bloody Sunday Massacre. Marks the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905. -
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia
January 22, 1905
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia
Well on its way to losing a war against Japan in the Far East, czarist Russia is wracked with internal discontent that finally explodes into violence in St. Petersburg in what will become known as the Bloody Sunday Massacre. Marks the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905. -
Russian Constitution
Created 6 May, 1906, Ratified 6 May1906, The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which the emperor agreed for the first time to share his autocratic power with a parliament. -
Russian Constitution
May, 1906
Russian Constitution
Created 6 May, 1906, Ratified 6 May1906, The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which the emperor agreed for the first time to share his autocratic power with a parliament. -
August 17th: The Battle of Tannenberg ends
August, 1914
August 17th: The Battle of Tannenberg ends
The Russian Second Army is decimated by a much smaller German force.
August 18th: St Petersburg is renamed Petrograd, a rejection of the Germanic connotations in its original name. -
The Battle of Tannenberg ends
The Russian Second Army is decimated by a much smaller German force.
August 18th: St Petersburg is renamed Petrograd, a rejection of the Germanic connotations in its original name. -
The Russian Civil War
March, 1917
The Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War had cost Russia millions of lives. Those not actually fighting had to face serious food shortages. The winter of 1916-17 was very cold and fuel was in very short supply. Cold and lack of food create an environment that lead to trouble for those blamed for these problems. -
The Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War had cost Russia millions of lives. Those not actually fighting had to face serious food shortages. The winter of 1916-17 was very cold and fuel was in very short supply. Cold and lack of food create an environment that lead to trouble for those blamed for these problems. -
Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
Led by Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. -
Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
November, 1917
Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
Led by Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. -
Military Setback
Revolution took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War (1914–18), which left much of the Russian Army in a state of mutiny. ... To end Russia's participation in the First World War, the Bolshevik leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918. -
Military Setback
March, 1918
Military Setback
Revolution took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War (1914–18), which left much of the Russian Army in a state of mutiny. ... To end Russia's participation in the First World War, the Bolshevik leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918. -
Treaty of Tartu
A peace treaty between Estonia and Soviet Russia signed on February 2, 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence. -
Treaty of Tartu
October, 1920
Treaty of Tartu
A peace treaty between Estonia and Soviet Russia signed on February 2, 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence. -
Kronstadt rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion was a major unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks in March 1921, during the later years of the Russian Civil War. In March 1921 the Bolshevik got the victory, Uprising suppressed. -
Kronstadt rebellion
March, 1921
Kronstadt rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion was a major unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks in March 1921, during the later years of the Russian Civil War. In March 1921 the Bolshevik got the victory, Uprising suppressed. -
USSR established
In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism. -
USSR established
December, 1922
USSR established
In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.
