Russian Revolution By matt_beach- May 10, 1806 Creation of the Duma Apr 12, 1861 Civil War begins Feb 8, 1904 Russo-Japanese War Jan 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday Jan 22, 1905 Revolution of 1905 Aug 1, 1914 Russia enters WW1 Mar 2, 1917 March Revolution Begins Mar 15, 1917 Nicholas abducates the thrown Apr 14, 1917 Leni returns from exile in Germany Jul 21, 1917 Kerensky heads the provicional government Nov 8, 1917 Lenin takes power Jul 17, 1918 Assassination of Romanov family soviets brought the tsar and his family to a house in the woods and murdured them. Nov 3, 1918 Russia pulls out of WW1 Jan 1, 1922 Trotsky wins civil war Jun 18, 1927 Russia becomes a totlalarian state Jul 24, 1929 Stalin comes to power Jun 10, 1937 Great Purge