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Marxist Revolutionaries Split
Marxists revolutionsaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
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Russian Revolution
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Russia Japanese war
Late 1800's, Russia and Japan competed for control of Korea and Manchuria. The two nations signed a series of agreements over the territories, but russia broke them. So in despite, Japan attacked Russians at Port Arthur, Manchuria. -
Bloody Sunday
About 20,000 workers and their families approach the Czar Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. They carry a petition asking for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Nicholas II's generals order soldiers to fire on the crowd, later on making the name of this day "Bloody Sunday" due to the amount of people killed and wounded. -
The Duma
The first Duma (Russia's first parliament) meets, and is eliminated after ten weeks by the czar. The leaders in the Duma wanted Russia to become a constitutional monarchy similar to Britain. -
Russia is Dragged into the War
Nicholas II drags the unprepared country of Russia into the war. Russia is no match for Germany due to lack of handle on military and economic costs. Before a year has passed, more than four million Russian soldiers have been killed, wounded, or taken as prisoners. This not only shows, but also proves how weak the czar's rule and military leadership is at this time. -
Strike in the City
Women textile workers in Petrograd lead a citywide strike. Within the next five days riots flare up over lack of bread and fuel, which include nearly 200,000 workers. Soldiers are ordered to shoot them, and they obey, but later they side rioters. -
The Storming of the Winter Palace
Armed factory workers storm the Winter Palace in Petrograd. They take over government offices and arrest the leaders of the provisional government, and they called themselves the Bolshevik red guards. Their raid makes Kerensky and his colleagues disappear quickly. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia and Germany sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Russia surrenders a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies. The people of Russia become angry and object to the Bolsheviks and their policies and to the murder of the royal family. -
Civil War in Russia
Civial war rages in Russia, and several nations send military aid and forces their way, but they are no help. Around 14 million Russians die in the three-year struggle and in the famine that followed. -
New Economic Policy
Lenin resorts to a small-scale version of capitalism called the New Economic Policy (NEP). The reforms under this allow peasants to sell their surplus crops instead of turning them over to the government. Also, small factories, businesses, and farms can now operate under private ownership so they are not ran by the government. -
The Beginning of Joseph
Lenin, who think Joseph Stalin is a dangerous man, suffers a stroke. Joseph Stalin begins his climb to the head of government . As a general secretary of the communist party, he works to move his supporters into positions of power
