Russian Revolution

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    Russian Revolution

  • Bloody Sunday

    Russian soldiers opened fire on a crowd of civilians due to the protest of the lower classes.
  • Russo-Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War
    Russia loses a war with the japanese
  • Revolution of 1905

  • Creation of Duma

    Creation of Duma
    Creation of the duma calmed people down to an extent with the power of the Czar
  • World War One

    World War One
    Russia enters the war with Austria-Hungary.
  • Nicholas 2 abdicates throne

    Czar Nicholas the second abdicates his throne.
  • Lenin takes power

    Lenin takes power
  • Civil War begins

    Civil War begins
    Civil war breaks out in Russia between the Red Army and the White Army.
  • Kerensky heads the provisional government

    Kerensky heads the provisional government
    Kerensky comes to lead the provisional government.
  • Lenin returs to Russia

    Lenin returs to Russia
    After years of exile, Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia from Germany.
  • March Revolution Begins

    March Revolution Begins
    The new revolution begins
  • Brest-Litovsky

    Brest-Litovsky
    Russia pulls out of World War One due to the problems in the country with the revolution and the civil war.
  • Assassination of Romanov Family

    Assassination of Romanov Family
    Czar Nicholas and his family were assassinated.
  • Trotsky Wins Civil War

    Leon Trotsky who was a friend of Vladimir Lenin wins in a civil war.
  • Josef Stalin Takes Power

    Josef Stalin now takes control over Russia to make it a supreme and dedicated country.
  • Totalitarianism

    Russia beomes part of a system called totalitarianism.
  • The Great Purge

    And the Great Purge begins...