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Bloody Sunday or Red Sunday
This event was caused by the march of the russian workers that protested the poor work conditions and continued through St. Petersburg to the Winter Palace. This event led to the Russian Revolution of 1917. -
Russian Constituent Assembly
Despite getting out-voted, Bolshevik troops are sent into the Assembly and force out Socialists and other political parties. The Bolshevik government sends troops to disperse the Constituent Assembly. All non-Bolsheviks get a handbasket each and are told to be gone. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
February Revolution
In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins on this day in 1917, when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It was centered on Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), then the Russian capital, on Women's Day in March (late February in the Julian calendar) -
International Women's Day
International Women's' Day. Women textile workers in Petrograd go on strike and gather in the streets to protest against food shortages. The strike spreads to other factories where workers were just waiting for a spark. The Revolution has begun. -
The April Crisis of 1917
The April Days, also called the April Crisis. Mass demonstrations in Petrograd and Moscow against Pavel N. Milyukov's declaration of war aims. -
The Second Conference of Petrograd Factory Committees
The Second Conference of Petrograd Factory Committees takes place. There will be three more conferences prior to the Bolshevik revolution. -
The Fourth Conference of Petrograd Factory Committees
The Fourth Conference of Petrograd Factory Committees takes place. There will be one more conference prior to the Bolshevik revolution. Meeting of the Bolshevik Central Committee. Lenin takes his vitamin pills and after 10 hours of debate he convinces his comrades that now is the time to seize power. Finally, they agree to an armed insurrection. -
The Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years – between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds. -
November Revolution (October Revolution)
November Revolution (October Revolution) Also called the Bolshevik Revolution, the second stage of the revolution of 1917 brings the Bolshevik Party to power and establishes the Soviet Communist government in Russia. -
The Bolsheviks Storm the Winter Palace
Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin storm the winter palace in St. Petersburg and declare victory. -
Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
Lenin proclaims the new Bolshevik government, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), chaired by Lenin himself. Furthermore, new laws regarding the war and the redistribution of land are in store. The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic is proclaimed. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 or on february 9,1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founding leader of the Red Army. -
All-Russian Congress of Soviets
The All-Russian Congress of Soviets meets again, having kicked out all other parties, and adopts a Soviet Constitution.The Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets commences. The left Socialist Revolutionaries who had previously participated in the Bolshevik government, are now expelled. Additional happenings at the congress. The 1918 Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) is adopted on July 10, 1918. -
Abdicated Tsar Nicholas II and the rest of his Imperial Family are murdered
Abdicated Tsar Nicholas II and the rest of his Imperial Family are murdered at night. While no one knows for sure who the perpetrators were, it is surmised that the Red Army is responsible. -
Battle of Sviiazhsk
Battle of Sviiazhsk, also called Sviyazhsk, on the eastern front, which results in a decisive Red Army victory over the People's Army of Komuch. -
Lenin is shot
After speaking at a factory in Moscow, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is shot twice by Fanya Kaplan, a member of the Social Revolutionary party. Lenin was seriously wounded but survived the attack. -
The Revolutionary Military Council is created
The Revolutionary Military Council is created. This Council will function as the executive board of the Red Army. In 1934, it will be renamed to Military Council.
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Battle of Kazan between the Reds and Whites
Battle of Kazan in which 11,000 Reds fighted 6,000 Whites and Czechs. This battle ended on September 10, 1918 with a victory for the Reds. Japanese troops take Khabarovsk. -
The World War I ends
World War I ends with the signing of the Armistice. -
France enters the Russian Civil War
France enters the Russian Civil War by sending troops to the city of Odessa in alliance with the Whites.Germany's defeat in WWI exposed the Black Sea to the Allies. French troops occupy Odessa to support the Whites. -
The Versailles Peace Conference commences
The Versailles Peace Conference commences. Here, the winners of WWI will decide how to deal with the losers of WWI, i.e. Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Turkey.This conference will be in session until June 28, 1919. Russia is not represented because everybody had their hands full fighting a civil war. The Allies, now not in need of an eastern front anymore, suggest that all hostile Russian teams get together for a chat on the island of Prinkipo in the Sea of Marmara. The Reds think w -
The Black Army and the Red Army sign a treaty of alliance
The Black Army and the Red Army sign a treaty of alliance, which will prove deadly to the White Army. -
The Battle of Perekop
The Battle of Perekop between the Whites and Reds. The Red Army is led by Mikhail Frunze, the White Army is led by Pyotr Wrangel. The Red Army defeats the White Army, this time for good. The White Army evacuates via the Crimea direction Constantinople. The Civil War is won by the Reds.
