Russian Revolution Timeline By ZPBSFG Feb 8, 1904 Russo-Japanese War Begins Jan 2, 1905 Bloody Sunday May 19, 1906 Czar creates the Duma Jul 28, 1914 WWI Begins Mar 1, 1917 Bread Riots in St. Petersburg Mar 15, 1917 Czar Abdicates Mar 22, 1917 Provisional Government Rules Russia Apr 6, 1917 Lenin Returns from Exile Oct 22, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution Period: Nov 7, 1917 to Jun 17, 1923 Russian Civil War Dec 15, 1917 Russia Pulls out of WWI Mar 8, 1921 Lenin Institutes NEP Dec 30, 1922 Soviet Union Established Jan 21, 1924 Lenin Dies Dec 1, 1924 Stalin comes to power