Russian Revolution Timeline

By Daniela_Beauvais
  • Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

    Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

    Nicholas II, the last czar, is crowned ruler of Russia in the old Ouspensky Cathedral in Moscow. He was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change.
  • World War I begins

    World War I begins

  • The February Revolution begins

    The February Revolution begins

    strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates

  • Lenin returns from exile

    Lenin returns from exile

    arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
  • The Russian Civil War Begins

    The Russian Civil War Begins

  • Russia withdraws from World War I

    Russia withdraws from World War I

  • Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd

    Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd

  • The October Revolution

    The October Revolution

    the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
  • Bolshevik Party changes name

    Bolshevik Party changes name

    to the Communist Party
  • The capital of Russia is changed

    The capital of Russia is changed

    from St. Petersburg to Moscow
  • Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed

    Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed

  • Russian civil war ends

    Russian civil war ends

  • Lenin suffers second stroke

    Lenin suffers second stroke

  • U.S.S.R. established

    U.S.S.R. established

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Lenin dies

    Lenin dies

    Gorki Leninskiye, Russia
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    In St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution