Russian Revolution By Aubriannaa Feb 8, 1904 Russo-Japanese War Jan 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday. Jan 22, 1905 Revolution Of 1905 Oct 30, 1905 Creation Of Duma. Aug 1, 1914 Russia Enters WW1. Mar 8, 1917 March Revolution Begins. Mar 15, 1917 Nicholas II Abdicates Throne. Apr 16, 1917 Lenin Returns from Exhile in Germany. Jul 21, 1917 Kerensky Heads the Provisional Government. Nov 7, 1917 Civil War Begins, Nov 8, 1917 Lenin Takes Power! Mar 3, 1918 Russia Pulls out of WW1 (Brest-Litovsk) Jul 17, 1918 Assassination of Romanov Family. Jan 1, 1922 Trotsky Wins Civil War. Jan 1, 1924 Stalin Comes to Power. Jan 1, 1927 Russia Becomes Totalitarian State. Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1937 Great Purge.