Russian Revolution By erinnnnn123 1868 Nicholas II becomes Czar of Russia 1894 Centuries of autocratic rule by the czars 1894 Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne 1903 Russia loses war with Japan 1905 Dissatisfied workers organize strike 1905 Revolution of 1905—Bloody Sunday 1914 Russia enters World War I 1917 Bolshevik Revolution topples provisional government 1917 Civil War between Red and White Armies 1917 Lenin Returns to Russia 1917 March Revolution 1917 Provisional government is established 1918 Bolsheviks change name to Communist Party 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI 1920 Stalin becomes Dictator 1922 Lenin suffers first stroke 1922 Russia is organized into several self-governing republics 1928 Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)