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Social Demoratic Party Splits
In 1897 the Social Democratic Party split into two groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Mensheviks was the minority of the two groups and was lead by V.I Lenin. The Bolshevik party was lead by Lennon Trotsky, wanted to overthrow the current government with the help of the workers and the peasants. -
Permanently Split
Both sides had meetings in different places, the Mensheviks went to Geneva, Switzerland and the Bolsheviks went to London to prove the split was permanent. Even though they showed signs of never reuniting, strangely the Bolsheviks voted for their reunification of both groups. They voted on one leader who would dominate the two groups. This man did not want them to reunite officially unless he said so- his name was vladimir Lenin. -
World War I
Russia had entered World War I (1914–18) in 1914 -
Russian Revolution
Baltic peoples also played a major role in the 1917 Revolution, particularly the Latvian Bolsheviks who comprised a key portion of the Red Guards that defended the Bolsheviks at a crucial time in its early existence. -
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Bolsheviks win Petrograd Soviet
The Bolsheviks plotted to "overthrow" the government in septemeber of 1917 but Lenin took control of the Petrograd Soviert. Once he had control he was only steps away from overthrowing the provisional government and controlling all of russia -
Bolesheviks take over in Winter Palace
Bolshevik soldiers take over at Winter Palace and arrested members of the Provisional Government, which put the Bolsheviks in power. They also gained power through the elections a day after this event took place but one month later when the elections were held for power, they failed to gain any votes -
Hardships
By 1917 the country was facing hardships from World War I -
Vladimir Lenin
Hearing of Nicholas's abdication, longtime political exile ,
Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) left Europe for Petrograd, where he led the Bolsheviks in rallying the Russian people. -
Ambassador of Germany Assasination
The German ambassador are in turn crushed by the Bolsheviks. This caused the split between the soviets and the Bolsheviks. This led to the development of the one party system in Russia -
Death of Vladimir Lenin
Lenin's death was in 1924 where his body was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum near Moscow Kremlin,
