Significance of the russian revolution

Feburary Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

People protesting for bread in the streets of the Russian capitol, Petrograd. 90,000 men and women were on strike and refused to leave the streets.

Provisional Government established

Mar 15, 1917

The Provisional Government was established, and Russia was left in their powers after csar quit.

October Revolution

Nov 7, 1917

Lenin's Proclamation (October 25th on old Russian calender)

Council of People's Commissars

Dec 2, 1917

The new government,Council of People's Commissars, withdrew Russia fromt he war with Germany.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

The government signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion. Russia sacrificed a quarter of land under this treaty

Czar killed

Jul 17, 1918

The Bolsheviks took Czar and his family into custody, and later killed them at Yekaterinburg.

The whites

Dec 6, 1918

The counterrevolutionaries began to organize their own group called The Whites.

The Red Army

Dec 7, 1918

Trotsky set upthe Red Army and began preparing to fight the Whites

Russian Civil War

Dec 14, 1918

The Reds and The Whites fought a bloody and violent civil war for the next three years.

The Reds Win

Nov 19, 1920

The Communists win the civil war fought against the whites

work cited bubble

Dec 31, 1920

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