the social democrats split iinto the mensheviks and the bolshevicks
bloody sunday
a march to deliver a petition to the tsar,petitioners were met by troops.
grand duke sergei, the tsars uncle was assasinated in moscow
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peasants rioted in the countryside
landowners houses were looted and burnt
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general strike spread from moscow to other cities
the st.petersburg soviet of deputies workers was formedde
they met to organise strike action.
The Fundamental Laws were issued, reaffirming the autocratic supremacy of the tsar. The First Duma was called
The First Duma was dissolved.
The Second Duma began
The Second Duma was dissolved.
The Third Duma began.
Lena goldfields massacre: The Russian army fired on a crowd of striking miners, killing 150.
The Third Duma ended.
The Fourth Duma was called
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
World War I: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
World War I: Russia mobilized its army to defend Serbia.
Grigori Rasputin was murdered by a group of nobles
order no. 1 issued by the soviet
tsar abdicates. provisional government declared
lenin returns to petrograd from switzerland
april theses published
non-bolshevik socialists become ministers in the provisional government
first all-russian congress of soviets meets
major military offensive launched by kerensky
attempted coup by general Kornilov
bolsheviks win control of moscow soviet
bolsheviks win control of petrograd soviet
lenin returns to petrograd secretly and persuades bolsheviks to seize power
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bolsheviks take control of petrograd and force provisional government out
A decree of the Sovnarkom established the Red Army.
A decree by the Central Executive Committee made war communism, under which all industry and food distribution was nationalized, the economic policy of the Soviet state.