Lenin trotsky 1920 05 20 sverdlov square (original)

Russain Revolution

  • Marxists Revolutionary Split

    Marxists Revolutionary Split
    Marxisist Revolutionaries disagree tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready ro risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes a leader
  • War In Japan

    War In Japan
    Russian losses lead to a revolt in the midst of war
  • Sunday Of Blood

    Sunday Of Blood
    many people went on strike asking for better working conditions. Nicholas the seconds generals ordered soldiers to fire on the crowd.
  • First Duma

    First Duma
    moderates wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy. Czar dissolved Duma after 10 weeks.
  • Draging Russia In

    Draging Russia In
    Russia was dragged in to war by Nicholas the second. Russia was unable to cover military and economical costs.
  • Women strike

    Women strike
    women texile workers went on strike yelling 'down with the autocracy' and 'down with the war'. soldiers were against it but they later agreed with the workers.
  • Leni and Bolshevik in control

    Leni and Bolshevik in control
    people were rallying to the call 'all the power to the soviets'. Lenin decided to take action.
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    Ruusia and Germany signed the treaty. Russia surrendered most of its territory to germany and its allies.
  • Bolshevik Red Army

    Bolshevik Red Army
    Civil War raged in Russia. Several western nation, including the US, sent military aid and forces to Russia
  • State Controlled the Economy

    State Controlled the Economy
    He resorted to a small-scale version of capitalism called the new economic policy
  • The New Name

    The New Name
    Rissia renamed there country to Union of Soviet Socailist Republics (USSR). Helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution.