Russian Revolution By kellycoffey 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre https://www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution 1905 Russo-Japanese War https://www.history.com/topics/korea/russo-japanese-war 1914 Russia enters WWI 1915 Czar Nicholas takes control of Russian Army Czar Nicholas' poor management of Russian army during WWI lead to heavy casualties and food and economic shortages at home and extreme public dissatisfaction 1916 Rasputin murdered https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rasputin-is-murdered Mar 1, 1917 March Revolution (and Lenin returns from exile) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-revolution-begins Oct 1, 1917 October Revolution 1918 Royal family (The Romanov's) Murdered by the Bolsheviks The family of Czar Nicholas II is murdered by the Bolsheviks Period: 1918 to 1923 Russian Civil war ("Reds" vs. "Whites") https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bolsheviks-revolt-in-russia 1923 Russia becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Repubilic (USSR)
