Russian Revolution: by Aldo Araujo By branham Feb 23, 1903 Russian Social Democratic labor party splits into Bolsheviks andMensheviks Feb 23, 1905 Russo-Japanese war Feb 23, 1905 russian revolution of 1905 Feb 23, 1914 start of world war 1 Feb 23, 1916 murder of royal advise Grigon Rasputin Feb 23, 1917 Febuary Revolution leads to Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and to rule by a provisional government Feb 23, 1917 october Revolution led by Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin Period: Feb 23, 1917 to Feb 23, 1923 Russian Civil war betweens reds (bolsheviks) and whites, w/ foreign aid supplied to whites Feb 23, 1918 Lenin orders the executions of Nicholas II and his family Feb 23, 1922 USSR (union of Soviet socialist republics , or simply the soviet union) Feb 23, 1924 death of vladimir lenin