Russian Revolution

Revolution of 1905

Jan 22, 1905

Photo represents the harshness and the dedication of soldiers during revolution.

October Manifesto

Oct 30, 1905

Photo shows the October Manifesto which significantly changed life in Russia.

Beginning of WW1

Jul 28, 1914

Photo shows a newspaper saying "Austria has chosen war" which shows the initial beginning of WW1.

Tsar Nicholas II takes control of miltary operations

1915

Photo represents and shows Tsar speaking about military plans with colleagues and foreshadows dislike of Tsar

Brusilov Offensive

Jun 4, 1916

Photo represents the offensive

Assassination of Rasputin

Dec 16, 1916

Photo represents Rasputin's death and the assasination

Kolchak begins serious attacks against Reds from Siberia

Mar 4, 1917

Beginning of 1919 the supreme command of whites advanced into petrograd and the volga river

International Women's Day in Petrograd

Mar 8, 1917

Photo represents the demand from protesters for reform.

Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates Throne

Mar 15, 1917

Photo represents the letter Tsar Nicholas II created when he abdicated the throne.

Provisional Government Formed

Mar 15, 1917

Photo represents the people in the PG

April Theses Published

Apr 7, 1917

Photo represents the strong effect the April Theses had on the public.

Return of Lenin from Exile

Apr 16, 1917

Photo represents the strong nature of Lenin

First All-Russian Congress of Soviets Meet

Jun 16, 1917

Photo represents the meeting and the long debates and ideas in it.

July Days

Jul 16, 1917

Photo represents the brutal and difficult July Days many experienced.

Constituent Assembly meets and is disbanded

Jul 17, 1917

The assembly meeting together. Gets disbanded in 1918.

Kornilov Affair

Aug 27, 1917

Photo represents the military coup

Trotsky Organizes Red Guard to Defend Petrograd

Oct 25, 1917

Photo represents Trotsky getting support for Red Guard and encouraging soliders

Bolsheviks Overthrow PG & Take Control

Nov 7, 1917

Photo represents the fall of PG and the new leadership in place outside Winter Palace

Cheka Formed

Dec 20, 1917

The Okhrana and tsarists

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

Picture of the areas Russia lost in the treaty.

Wartime communism created

Jun 21, 1918

Red terror used to scare the Whites.

Red Terror

Sep 2, 1918

Scared the whites into believing red ideology.

Ending of wartime communism

Mar 21, 1920

Due to economic and political hardship.

Poles move toward Kiev

Apr 25, 1920

Wanted to size the territories of modern day Ukraine which was mostly soviet control.

Soviets attempt to take Warsaw

Aug 12, 1920

Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the polish capital with the red army.

Formation of Soviet Union

Dec 30, 1920

Became a one party state under the communist party.

Kronstadt uprising

Mar 1, 1921

"A lost revolutionary utopia" propaganda around Finland.

Tambov Rebellion

Aug 21, 1921

Involved the Republic of Tambov and Soviet Russia.

Treaty of repallo

Apr 16, 1922

Between Germany and Soviet which reassigned territories.

Ukraine brought under Soviet control

Dec 30, 1922

Ukraine was war ground and unstable until 1922.

Lenin dies

Jan 21, 1924

Died from uncurbable disease.