Overview of Tsarist Russia By EllsMc Jan 1, 1900 80% Peasents 4% Industrial Workers 2% Middle Class 4% Industrial Workers 2% Middle Class Period: May 5, 1900 to May 5, 1917 Overview of collapse of Tsarism May 5, 1903 Social Democrats first split- Bolsheviks/Mensheviks May 5, 1905 REVOLUTION! Dec 5, 1905 Lenin returned to Russia in final weeks of revolution Had to flee once more when order had been restored May 5, 1912 Bolsheviks formally became a political party Jan 1, 1914 Population 165,000,000 Nov 5, 1914 Outbreak of WW1 People put faith in the Tsar Dec 5, 1914 Tsarism seemed secure Jan 5, 1917 Petrograd/ Moscow revolt Army joined uprising Feb 5, 1917 Provisional Government created Apr 5, 1917 Lenin returned to Russia Sep 5, 1917 Provisional Government lost credibility Oct 25, 1917 Lenin's uprising occured Oct 26, 1917 Lenin proclaimed birth of first Soviet Republic