Russian Timeline

  • 1903 BCE

    April 1903Marxists Revolution Spilt

    Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader.
  • Russo-Japanese War Begins

    Russian military defeat
  • Bloody Sunday

    unarmed workers shot for protesting
  • Duma Created

  • Russia Joins WWI

    Joined to defend his ally Serbia from Austria Hungry
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Lenin overthrows government and gets power
  • Nicholas resignation

    Acting unprofessional
  • Treaty of Brest

    Russia Leaves WWI
  • End of Russian Civil War

    Had treaty
  • Lenin makes New Economic Policy

    to address the economic devastation and widespread discontent following the war
  • Soviet Union was formed

    they establish a socialist state in the territory of the former Russian empire