Timeline: Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Dec 31, 1900

Number of Russian Factories Doubles

Deplorable working conditions and wages in Russian factories bred much discontent among the Russian proletariat.

Period: Nov 1, 1894 to Mar 15, 1917

Reign of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Aug 3, 1903

2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

A disagreement at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) between Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Julius Martov led to the split of the RSDLP into Lenin's radical Bolsheviks and Martov's moderate Mensheviks.

Jan 22, 1905

Bloody Sunday

Several hundred proletarians were brutally murdered as well as over 1,000 injured by soldiers of the bourgeois government under Czar Nicholas II. The workers had gathered in the czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to petition for reasonable working conditions and wages.

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War I

The Russian army was obliterated in its fight against Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.

Mar 12, 1917

The March Revolution

Around 200,000 proletarians assembled and rioted in Petrograd out of frustraion with the failed capitalist system.

Mar 15, 1917

The End of Czar Nicholas II's Rule

Failed leader, Czar Nicholas II, was forced from the throne after he proved unable to rule Russia competently.

Nov 8, 1917

The Bolshevik Revolution

Bolsheviks take power of Russia and topple the provisional government.

Nov 8, 1917

Lenin Takes Power

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is appointed leader of the newly created nation and immediately redistributed land and the means of production among Russian peasants.