Russian Revolution Timeline

  • Resputin assasination

    Resputin assasination
    -assassinated by Felix Yusupov
    -his assassination is somewhat a mystery
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    Russian Civil war

    -multi party war
    -after Russian revolution of 1917
    -two biggest groups were Bolshevik and Red Army
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    The march revolution

    -causes included: many lifes were lost in WW1, food shortage, military defeats, power-hungry rulers
    -goals: overthrow the czar and set up new Russian republic
    -results end of Czarist rule, beginning of constitution, continued the war with Germany
    (www4.blluevalleyk12.org)
  • Petrograd Soviets formed

    Petrograd Soviets formed
    -established after February revolution
    -was known as saint Petersburg
    -developed into alternative authority
  • Czar Nicholas 11 abdictes

    Czar Nicholas 11 abdictes
    -never trained to rule
    -led country in many costly wars
    -striking workers forced him to abdicate
  • Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia

    Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia
    -in 1895 jailed for a year and exiled to Serbia for 3 years
    -after the war Germans were upset for being the blame of everything and decided to make conflict in Russia so they sent Lenin there.
  • Bolshevik Revolution (seized the winter palace)

    Bolshevik Revolution (seized the winter palace)
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    Communist control russia

    -led by Lenin
    -Had overthrown provisional government
    -many hated the communist having control over them
    historylearningsite.co.uk
  • Royal family murdered

    Royal family murdered
    -Brought end to Romanov dynasty
    -the night of their murder they were told to dress quickly and go down to cellar