A-mark: Timeline of the Bolsevik's rule in Russia By harrykaterelos Oct 1, 1917 Peasants given land of Tsar ,nobles and church persuasion Oct 28, 1917 Bolshevik decree bans opposition newspapers coercion Oct 31, 1917 Bolsheviks seize power consent Nov 7, 1917 Free enterprise became illegal coercion Dec 5, 1917 Cheka set up coercion 1918 Bolshevik decree makes divorce easier Jan 15, 1918 Trotsky creates Red Army coercion Jan 19, 1918 Lenin removes Constituent Assembly coercion Mar 3, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Mar 18, 1918 Kronstadt Mutiny crushed coercion Jul 17, 1918 The execution of the Tsar coercion Aug 1, 1918 Red army propaganda trains persuasion Sep 2, 1918 Red terror Coercion Nov 1, 1920 White army defeated coercion Mar 1, 1921 New Economic Policy 1922 Russian famine Jul 1, 1922 Scissors Crisis Jul 1, 1924 Death of Lenin