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Revolution of 1905 and the October Manifesto
This photo is an artistic rendition portraying the Revolution of 1905, showing a display of the civil unrest in Russia at the time following the loss in the Russo-Japanese war. -
Beginning of World War I
When Russia entered the first World War, they had the largest army size of roughly 1.4 million soldiers. As such, the image represents Russia's military power when the war first began with rows of men able to deal large amounts of damage to the opposition. -
Tsar Nicholas II takes sole control of military operations
The image used here is a photo of Nicholas II in jis military form, which is what he wore out on the battlefield as self appointed commander-in-cheif of the army. -
Brusilov Offensive
This political cartoon portrays the aftermath of the Brusilov Offensive, in which Russia only focused on the positives of the attack (weakening of Austria-Hungary) while entirely ignoring the downsides (losing many Russian men and being too weak to repeat a similar Offensive). -
Assassination of Rasputin
Here, the photo seen is a depiction of the assassination of Rasputin. The mystery of the exact circumstances behind Rasputin's death encouraged speculation, often through art. -
International Women’s Day March in Petrograd
The picture used is of the Women's march in 1917. Although there were men thag marched with the women (as seen in this photograph), it was mostly started by women and contained many women. -
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
This picture is of a newspaper article discussing the topic of Tsar Nicholas' Abdication. Used to represent the controversy surround this event and the uncertainty Russia faced shortly afterwards. -
Formation of the provisional government
The picture above is a commonly ised photo of an early provisional government meeting. -
Lenin Returns from Exile
The image used above is a photograph of Lenin returning from Switzerland surrounded by crowds of people. This representd the enthusiasm the Russian people had for Lenin back in 1917. -
First All-Russian Congress of Soviets meets
The first All-Russian Congress consisted of a wide range of classes, with peasants, soldiers, and workers all standing as equals in debate. The image shows how the large amount of people shows how the Congress aimed to reach a group consensus among the people of the Soviets. -
July Days
The image of protesters in Petrograd exemplifies the community agreement regarding disdain towards the state of living in war and social issues caused by the Provisional Government. The strength of the unified group well-explains why Bolshevik influence seemed to weaken shortly during and after. -
Kornilov Affair
The image is restrictive but chaotic, resembling the outcome of the Kornilov Affair; it fell apart due to a lack of support, but led to a heavily weakened governmental stability and authority. -
Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government and take control
Also known as the October Revolution, the showing of the people crowded together protesting but not fighting displays how the Bolshevik overthrowing of the Provisional Government was less violent of a coup, but was still strong as it resulted with the establishment of Bolshevik authority. -
Trotsky Organizes Red Guard to Defend Petrograd
The division between the Red Guard and the people in the artistic rendition shows the violent and extreme counter-revolutionary methods to increase the influence of the Bolsheviks. -
Ukraine brought under Soviet Control
The Soviets invaded Ukraine until the country went under Soviet control. The picture represents how the Soviets took Ukrainian control despite Ukraine attempting to defend itself. The end date is April 25th 1918. -
Cheka Formed
This badge of the Cheka, with a sword down the middle along with the symbols of communism show how they were willing to use extreme measures as a secret police force to use surveillance and counter-revolution to arrest those who did not obey the laws of the Bolsheviks. -
Constituent Assembly meets and is disbanded.
The reason why the Constituent Assembly disbanded is because they could not agree on an appropriate constitution. We picked this picture because it accurately represents the varying perspectives on how to govern Russian society. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This was the treaty that Russia had signed with Germany. The treaty ended Russian involvement in the First World War and rewarded a lot of Russian territory to Germany. The picture represents the land that Germany gained initially from the Russians. The terms of the treaty would get cancelled out with the Treaty of Rapallo. (1922) -
April Theses Published
Lenin returned to Russia with a set of directives to overthrow the Provisional Government among other demands, displayed in the image. The crowd behind him in the picture is a display of his reach and influence. -
Wartime Communism Created.
Wartime Communism was created by Vladimir Lenin and the purpose was to provide to the Bolshevik Reds army. Wartime Communism had caused higher cases of famine, economic distress, and death if opposed. This was replaced with the New Economic Policy in 1921. The picture was chosen to demonstrate the hardships that Russians went through during this period. -
Red Terror
Red Terror was when the Red Army would go around killing people who opposed Lenin's political ideologies. The picture represents the trapped nature of political rebels but also the incredibly strength of the Red Army. This ended in 1922. -
Kolchak (one of the White leaders) begins serious attacks against Reds from Siberia
Alexander Kolchak started to lead the Whites through the Russian region of Siberia. Due to the unity and strength of the Reds, the Whites were unsuccessful and the Reds continued to be at the advantage in the Civil War. The picture represents the upper hand that the Reds had over the Whites. This ended in May 1919. -
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Tambov Rebellion
Largest peasant rebellion made up of deserters from the Red Army, peasants, and the Cheka deserters as well. 240,000 people ended up being killed by the Bolsheviks, and the Rebellion was unsuccessful. -
Poles move toward Kiev
The Poles and Soviets were in a war and they fought over Ukrainian territory. The picture represents the attempts on both sides to occupy the land. The end date was July 1920. -
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Soviets attempt to take Warsaw
Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish Capitol, Warsaw, and attempted to take over it. They were unsuccessful and wouldn't take over Warsaw until 1945. -
Kronstadt Uprising
Insurrection of Soviet sailors that fought against the Bolshevik army after what they heard about the War Communism policies. The Red Army took them out, as they were smaller in number and unorganized. -
Ending of Wartime Communism
Bolsheviks replaced Wartime Communism with the New Economic Policy (NEP) in order to die down oppositions. They established more capitalist policies, such as allowing the peasants to sell their surpluses for profit. -
Treaty of Rapallo
The German Republic, and Soviet Russia signed the treaty, which meant that they would renounce all financial and territorial claims they have against each other, and open friendly diplomatic relations. -
Formation of the Soviet Union
One party rule of the Bolsheviks and the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics were unified under Bolshevik rule. -
Lenin Dies
Lenin had multiple strokes and died, which make an opening for Joseph Stalin to take over as head of the USSR