Russian Revolution/ Russian Civil War

  • Russian Workers on Strike

    more than 140,000 russian workers strike in commemoration of the 12th anniversary of bloody sun
  • Liberal Principles

    Provisional government issues a set of liberal principles in which includes improvements to civil rights, and freedoms.
  • House Arrest

    Czav Nicholas II and his family are detained under house arrest.
  • Czav Nicholas II Abdicates

    Czav Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son
  • Russia Stays in War

    Foreign Minister Pavel Milyukov informs the allies by telegram that Russia intends to remain in the war until its completion.
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    July Days

    Protests in petrograd against the provisioned government
  • Replacement

    Kornilov replaces Brusilov as commander-in-cheif of the Russian army.
  • October Revolution

    Bolshevik central committee declares that "an armed uprising is inevitable."
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    Petrograd Soviet and Bolsheviks Debate

    Petrograd soviet and bolsheviks pass means by which this should be achieved.
  • Bolsheviks Seize Power

    Lenin announces that the Bolsheviks have seized power and calls for preparations for a soviet government.
  • Control of Moscow

    Bolshevik red gaurds win control of moscow after a week of bitter fighting
  • CHEKA

    Lenin decrees the formation of the CHEKA, a small agency led by Dzerzhinsky and tasked with combating counter-revolutionary activity.
  • Changes in the Calender

    The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
  • Communist Party

    Bolshevik party changes its name to the communist party.
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    Russian Civil War

  • Nicholas II's family is executed

    Czar nicholas II and his family are executed by Bolsheviks general secretary Lenin Stalin
  • General Secretary Lenin Stalin

    Stalin Lenin is appointed general secretary
  • Established of U.S Sr

    establishment of the union soviet socialist revolution
  • Russia forces against Austro-Hungarians

    Kerensky's orders, Russian forces begin massive military offensive against the Austro-Hungarians in Galicia.