Timeline: Russian Revolution

Jan 22, 1917

Russian Revolution begins

In Russian , the Revolution of 1905 begins when czarist troops open fire on a peaceful group of workers marching to the winter place in st.Petesburg pettion their grivences to Czar Nicholas ll.

Feb 12, 1917

A new strike

a large crowd marched through the streets of Petrograd breaking shop windows and shouting anti-war slogans.

Mar 8, 1917

the strike spreads

The strike spreads to other factories where workers were just waiting for a spark. The Revolution has begun.

Mar 9, 1917

workers strike

200,000 workers are on strike now.

Mar 10, 1917

general strike

General strike. Students and many others are joining the activists in the streets.

Mar 11, 1917

the troops obey

Government troops are ordered to open fire on the protesters. The troops obey and hundreds are killed.

Mar 12, 1917

soldiers move

Soldiers in other cities join the revolt, many follow the demonstrators in the streets, others just go home, some shoot their officers.

Mar 14, 1917

the goverment is weak

The Provisional Government is too weak to do anything about it and tries to look as unruffled as possible for a sitting duck.

Mar 15, 1917

minester quits

george Yevengenynich louv becomes first prime minester and minester of the interior of Provesional Goverment . he will quit his job

Mar 16, 1917

declines the job

Grand Duke Michael ponders the situation briefly and then declines the job offer, which was smart but not smart enough to ultimately save his life. He will be killed on June 12, 1918.

Mar 17, 1917

respond

Ukrainian nationalists respond to the political upheaval in Russia and form the Central Rada, or the Central Council.

Mar 19, 1917

political prisoner

The Provisional Government announces amnesty for political prisoners.

Mar 25, 1917

death penalty

The Provisional Government abolishes the death penalty

Apr 7, 1917

grain crisis

Grain crisis. The Provisional Government issues a decree on grain monopoly. Famine is in the air

Apr 16, 1917

comes from switzerland

Lenin, Zinoviev and other Bolsheviks arrives in Petrograd coming from Switzerland. Lenin had left the country in 1900.

Apr 17, 1917

unaccceptable

Lenin presents his April Theses, his agenda for the continuation of the Revolution. He argues that the ruling Provisional Government is unacceptable because the workers, and the workers alone, should be the ones in power.