Russian Revolution

Rasputin Assassinated

Dec 30, 1916

Communist Control over Russia

Jan 1, 1917

The March Revolution

Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Mar 12, 1917

Petrograd Soviets Established

Mar 12, 1917

Russia established the Petrograd Soviets in March 1917 after the February Revolution as the representative body of the city's workers.

Czar Nicholas II abdicates

Mar 15, 1917

Lenin returns to Russia

Mar 16, 1917

After 10 years of yet another stint in exile, Lenin returns to russia as the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR.

Lenin sent to back Russia by Germans

Apr 16, 1917

Bolshevik Revolution

Period: Nov 7, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917

Russian Civil War

Period: Nov 7, 1917 to Oct 1, 1922

Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty that the Soviet government was forced to sign after almost six-month-long negotiations at Brest-Litovskbetween Russia and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I.

Czar Nicholas' family is murdered

Jul 17, 1918