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Russian Revolution
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Karl Marx Book
Karl Marx writes communist manifesto.. says workmen are more important than lords, capitalists are the only ones who make more profit. Violent revolution is the only way it would work because they would never surrender peacefully. -
Das Kapital
Das Kapital was published. He wrote about how the economy works in capitalism. -
Czar Alexander III Dies
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia. -
Lenin Arrested
Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for 3 years. -
Communists formed Social Democratic Party
Communists formed into Social Democratic Party, in 1903 split into 2 groups, Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.. -
Revolution
Countless strikes took place, several country wide from small powerful labour groups. -
Bloody Sunday
Troops and police open fire on a peaceful demonstration outside the Winter Palace and elsewhere in St Petersburg, killing and injuring around 1,000 people. -
October Manifesto
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto. -
World War I
Germany declares war on Russia. St. Petersburg is named to Petrograd. -
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. -
February Revolution
Protests in Petrograd which last for 8 days and destroy monarchy in Russia. Total number of injuries/deaths is at 1300. On International Women's Day, more strikes take place, mostly women on food shortages. Tsar Nicholas II gives up throne and forces son not to succeed him. Provisional government takes over tsarist government, Prince Lvov takes over. -
Lenin Returns
Lenin returns from exile, travelling to Petrograd through a sealed train. -
Milyukov resigns
Pavel Milyukov (Constitutional Democratic Party) resigns and members of Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks join Provisional Government. -
June - Russian Revolution
Russian minister of war Alexander Karensky launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary forces in Galicia. Russian soliders start the war well, but poorly supplied and with poor morale, they go back to Russia and take the loss. The offensive collapses four days later. -
November - Russian Revolution
The Bolsheviks seize control of Petrograd. They also take control of the Winter Palace, the last remaining holdout of the Provisional Government. The death penalty is abolished once again. Also, abolish bourgeois press. Later, election takes place, the Socialist Revolutionaries win the largest number of seats, while the Bolsheviks win less than one-quarter of the vote. -
July - Russian Revolution
Lvov resigns as leader of the Provisional Government, with Alexander Kerensky taking over. Women are granted the right to vote and hold office. Kerensky issues the arrest of Lenin, who goes into hiding. The printing offices of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda, headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee, are raided, with many Bolshevik leaders arrested. -
September - Russian Revolution
General Kornilov, commander of the Russian army, orders troops towards Petrograd to counter the threat of the Bolsheviks. Prime Minister Kerensky presents Kornilov’s actions as an attempted right wing coup. September 14, Russia is declared a Republic. -
December - Russian Revolution
Each person receives 1/4 pounds of bread per day. Bread and flour are being sold openly. An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed, and fighting stops.