russian revolution By hellopeoplez1 Feb 11, 1917 protesters on the street of st. petersburg- beginning of the petersburg revolution Feb 26, 1917 tsar nicholas ii tries to shut down duma but fails Feb 27, 1917 200,000 workers on strike Mar 1, 1917 tsar nicolas ii abdicates Mar 1, 1917 duma forms a temporary government Apr 3, 1917 vladmir lenin returns to russia Period: Jul 3, 1917 to Jul 4, 1917 lenin and bolsheviks try to sieze power but fail Oct 25, 1917 the october revolution- bolsheviks take power - vladmir lenin and leon trotsky become leaders Dec 20, 1917 lenin creates secret police called the chekas Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1920 russian civil war between white army and red army- red army wins Jan 29, 1918 bolsheviks lose general election - ignored the results Mar 2, 1918 lenin changes name of bolshevik party to communist party Mar 3, 1918 russia withdrawls from world war 1 Jul 17, 1918 romanov family killed Aug 30, 1918 lenin shot twice in failed assasination attempt Sep 5, 1918 red terror to get rid of pollitical opponents Period: Jan 1, 1921 to Dec 31, 1921 famine in russia Mar 17, 1921 new economic policy