Russian Revolution

  • 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write the communist Manifesto

    1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write the communist Manifesto

    There were two groups of society in Russia called the Bourgeoisie, which were the rich, and the proletariat, which were the working class/ the poor. Marx Claimed that if they went to a communist country that everyone will be the same class to matter what.
  • 1894: Tsar Nicholas inherits the thorne

    1894: Tsar Nicholas inherits the thorne

    After the Khodynka Tragedy Tsar Nicholas got invited to go to a party that night. He decided to go to it instead of helping his country with the aftermath of the Khodynka Tragedy. That night made many people believe that he was not ready to be Tsar. The Tsar himself even said that he was not prepared to be the Tsar at the time he was told to become the Tsar.
  • September 1905: Russia loss in Russo-Japnese war

    September 1905: Russia loss in Russo-Japnese war

    The public hated the fact that the Japanese beat them because Russia is a bigger country then Japan and had more resources. Before Russia lost the war people already didn't want to go to war with the Japanese
  • January 1905: Bloody Sunday protests

    January 1905: Bloody Sunday protests

    The Russian people were protesting because of how the government was being lead. The protest took place In Petrograd, now St Petersburg. The military soldiers started shooting the protesters without getting told to by the government. It's called bloody Sunday because of all the peaceful protesters that got killed because the soldier felt like firing at them.
  • December 1916: Rasputin killed

    December 1916: Rasputin killed

    He was the Elon musk of Russia he just stood around making government decisions without being in the government.He gained influence over Tsar by 'healing' the Tsar's kid. He got murder by getting shot three times once in the chest, back, and head.
  • October 1917: October Revolution

    October 1917: October Revolution

    The Bolsheviks wanted to turn the country into communists by taking all of the land from the public and only having one social class.
  • April 1917: Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    April 1917: Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia

    Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russia Revolution. Lenin took control after the Tsar stepped down. He promised people peace with the end of the great war, gave land back to the people, and fixed the food problem in Russia at that time. He held his promises to the people of Russia until he died.
  • March 1917: Women's Revolution

    March 1917: Women's Revolution

    The revolution started because of the bread rations and high prices that the government had. Another reason was the Great War because of how many resources they lost helping beat Germany. The people also wanted the Czar to step down which he did that day when he saw the millions of people wanting him to step down.
  • March 1918: Russia Signs treaty of Brest-Litovsh

    March 1918: Russia Signs treaty of Brest-Litovsh

    Russia lost land that had a third of their population with that they also lost most of their coal,oil, and iron ore as well most of their industry. They had to pay six billion German marks to the central powers which is about $3,563,434,140. The reason why they signed the treaty was because they had a military collapse on the eastern front because of the great war. Another reason why is that Lenin wanted to have a little breathing space when it came to helping rebuild the country after the war.
  • 1918-1921: war communism

    1918-1921: war communism

    The purpose of war communism was to make sure the Red Army had enough food and supplies to keep fights the people of Russia.
  • 1918-1922 Russia Civil war

    1918-1922 Russia Civil war

    The Civil War broke out because the people didn't like how the government was working. The Red Army was the government where as the White Army were the people of Russia. The government won the war.
  • 1918-1922: Red Terror

    1918-1922: Red Terror

    The Red Terror was lead by the Bolshevik government. The Red terror affected the people the most by mass arrests and executions that exceeds 100,000 people. The Romanovs were executed. They got executed because they didn't want there family to come back into power/ play a treat to them. T think the red terror took place because the government wanted to fully take over and not let anyone attempt to take over.
  • 1924: Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    1924: Lenin dies, Stalin comes to power

    He was born in the country Georgia. He was the Soviet leader from the mid 1920's to when her died in 1953.He started the great purge in Russia which was repression that involved the making of the gulags.
  • 1921-1928: New Economic Policy

    1921-1928: New Economic Policy

    Lenin took away all freedom to the people everything was government owned and everyone could only get a certain amount of things everyday. He did it because he wanted to make the country on the same social status.