russian revolution

By DeeDee6799

  • start

    start
    The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd

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    next
    The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding

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    next
    The Kornilov Affair, a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army

  • The October Revolution

    The October Revolution
    the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar)

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    The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars (abbreviated as Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia

  • next

    next
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I

  • begins

    begins
    Russian civil war begins

  • execution

    execution
    Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed

  • attempt

    attempt
    An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded

  • the ending

    the ending
    Russian civil war ends