Significant Events of the Russian Revolution

Marx and Engels pen the Communist Manifesto

1884

German Pholosopher Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto, within which he calls for a working class rebellion against the ruling class.

Bloody Sunday

Jan 22, 1905

See paragraph

The October Manifesto

Oct 30, 1905

Tsar Nicolas creates the Duma and promises civil freedoms in the October Manifesto

Russia Enters WWI

Jul 28, 1914

See paragraph

Food Riots in St. Petersburg

Mar 8, 1917

Driven to the brink of starvation, the resources drained by WWI lead to violent demonstrations

Tsar Nicolas II abdicates throne

Mar 15, 1917

Tsar Nicolas II forced to abdicate the throne, Kerensky's provisional government seizes control

Provisional government dissolved

Nov 6, 1917

Karensky's Provisional Government ousted

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed

Mar 3, 1918

Russia and Germany sign treaty, ending hostilities

Stalin appointed General Secretary

Apr 3, 1922

Stalin appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party

Lenin's Death

Jan 21, 1924

Lenin's death cleared virtually all opposition from Stalin's rise to power.