Russian Revolution Research

By gap0924

  • Protesters St. Petersburg

    Huge number of protesters on street of St. Petersburg (Petrograd)- beginning of the February Revolution

  • Tsar Nicholas the Second- Duma

    Tsar Nicholas the Second tries to shut down Duma but fails

  • Workers on strike

    200,000 workers on stirke

  • Abdicates

    Tsar Nicholas the Second abdicates

  • A temporary goverment

    Duma forms a temporary goverment

  • He Returns

    Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia

  • The July Days

    3-4- Lenin and Bolsheviks take power- Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky become leaders of Russia

  • October Revolution

    Bolsheviks take power- Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky become leaders of Russia

  • Chekas

    Lenin creates secret police called the Chekas

  • War Communism

    1918-1920- Russian Civil War between White and Red Army- Lenin introduces War Communism- Red Army eventually wins

  • General election

    Bolsheviks lose general election- ignore results

  • Communist Party

    Lenin changes name of Bolshevik party to Communist Party

  • Withdrawing from the War

    Russia withdraws from World War I

  • Family Killed

    Romanov family killed

  • Failed Assassination

    Lenin shot twice in failed attempt of assassination

  • Red Terror

    Red Terror to get rid of political opponents- over 6,000 people executed without trial

  • Famine in Russia

    1921- famine in Russia- nearly 5 million died

  • New Economic Policy

    Lenin launches New Ecomnomic Policy

  • USSR

    Russia becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  • Death

    Vladimir Lenin dies after a series of strokes