russian revolution

  • February Revolution

    People protesting for bread in the streets of the Russian capitol, Petrograd. 90,000 men and women were on strike and refused to leave the streets.
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  • Provisional Government established

    The Provisional Government was established, and Russia was left in their powers after csar quit.
  • October Revolution

    Lenin's Proclamation (October 25th on old Russian calender)
  • Council of People's Commissars

    The new government,Council of People's Commissars, withdrew Russia fromt he war with Germany.
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion. Russia sacrificed a quarter of land under this treaty.
  • Czar killed

    the Bolsheviks took Czar and his family into custody, and later killed them at Yekaterinburg.
  • The Whites

    The counterrevolutionaries began to organize their own group called The Whites.
  • The Red Army

    Trotsky set up the Red Army and began preparing to fight the Whites
  • Russian Civil War14 Dec 1918

    The Reds and The Whites fought a bloody and violent civil war for the next three years.
  • The Reds Win19 Nov 1920

    The Communists win the civil war fought against the whites
  • Works Cited Bubble31 Dec 1920