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The czar abdicated under the advice of military and political leaders.
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Russian Revolution.
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Women tried to gain access to better education and more job opportunities.
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Germany helps Lenin get back into Russia by putting him on a train.
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Lenin arrives in St. Petersburg to start the revolution.
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The Red Guards attack the Winter Palace in order to take over the provisional government.
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The Bolsheviks also known as the Communist became the form of government in Russia after the takeover of the Winter Palace.
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Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which allowed them to stop fighting in WWI.
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Czar Nicholas II and his family are exceuted.
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A civil war broke out between the Reds( the Communists) and the Whites(counterrevolutionaries who remained loyal to the Czar).
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Britain, France, and the United States sent forces to help the Whites in the hope that they would overthrow the Communists and support the fight against Germany.
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Lenin adopted the New Economic Policy instead of War Communism, which brought the economy tho near collapse.
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The Communists win the civil war and only sporadic fighting continues.
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The Communists created a constitution that set up an elected legislature and gave all citizens over the age of 18 the right to vote.
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Vladimir Lenin dies suddenly and his body is put on display for 65 years in the Red Square.
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The level of food and industrial production rose to levels that were about the same as before WWI.
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Stalin proposed the first of his five year plans aimed to building heavy industry,improving transportation, and increasing farm output.
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The production of oil, steel, and coal inreased. Mining expanded, and new railroads were built.
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Tortsky fled Russia after having his party membership removed.
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Stalin launched the Great Purge, which charged Old Bolsheviks, army heroes, idustrial managers, writers, and ordinary citizens with a range of crimes.
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Former Communist leaders confessed to multple crimes after officials tortured them or put threats on their family/friends.