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More than 140,000 Russian workers stop working as it is the anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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More than 100,000 workers are still not working so the Dumas attack the government because there is a food shortage.
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Marchers gathered for International Women’s Day are joined by striking workers.
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The tsar orders his soldiers and troops to fire on the protesters, dozens are killed. this decreases his popularity quite rapidly
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The tsar met by the Provisional Government committee, who demand that he is to give up the throne. After consulting with his generals, Nicholas gives up the throne to his brother Michael.
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Nicholas’ brother refuses the throne unless he gets elected by the people. This ends more than 300 years of Romanov rule.
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Lenin returns to Russia and he delivers a speech at Finland Station, which were late known as the April Theses.
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kerensky ordered the Russian forces to begin a huge attack against the Austro-Hungarians. The attack fails, leading to 400,000 Russian casualties.
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The Provisional Government reintroduces the death penalty of nicholas and his family for deserting or mutinying soldiers.
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Bolsheviks held a voting majority in the Petrograd Soviet and as a result Trotsky was elected as chairman.
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The Petrograd Soviet creates Military Revolutionary Committee because the Bolshevik Central Committee declares that “an armed uprising is inevitable”.
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Petrograd Soviet and Bolsheviks pass motions for the seizure of power and debate the means by which this should be achieved.
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Provisional Government troops attempt to close Bolshevik printing presses, prompting the Military Revolutionary Committee to act.
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Lenin announces that the Bolsheviks have seized power and calls for preparations for a Soviet government.
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Eighteen hours after he gained power, Lenin issues the Decree on Land, calling for the abolition of private ownership, and the Decree on Peace, urging an immediate treaty.
