Russian Time Line By Thali10 Dec 29, 1916 Rasputin Assassinated {December 29, 1916} Mar 7, 1917 Petrograd Soviets formed {March 1917} Mar 7, 1917 The March Revolution {March 1917} Mar 15, 1917 Czar Nicholas II abdicates {15 March 1917} Apr 7, 1917 Lenin shipped by Germans to Russia {April 1917} May 7, 1917 Communist control Russia {1917} Nov 7, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution (seized the Winter Palace) Mar 3, 1918 Lenin signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk {March 3, 1918} Jul 17, 1918 Royal family murdered {July 17, 1918} May 7, 1922 Russian Civil War {1917 – 1922}