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1905 was the year the Russian Revolution began. The nation was stuck in mass unrest, which was followed by riots and strikes that were directed at the government.
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The Progressive Bloc was an alliance of political forces in the Russian Empire, they occupied 236 of the 442 seats in the Imperial Duma.
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More riots and strikes erupt when there is little food to go around Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
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Petrograd workers began several strikes and demonstrations. By March 10, every industrial site had been shut down due to no one showing up for work. Over 50,000 people were on strike, and had demands to be met.
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Soviet Order No. 1 was issued and was also the first official decree of the Petrograd Soviet Worker's and Soldier's Deputies.
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates, handing the thrown over to Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich, and he was to “to govern in union and harmony with the representatives of the people on such principles as they see fit to establish.”
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Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik party, returns to Petrograd after over a decade of being exiled to join the Russian Revolution
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Lenin issues what is known as the April Theses, some points include soviets taking power, denouncing liberals and social revolutionaries in the Provisional Government, and called for new communist policies.
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Following becoming Prime Minister, Kerensky joined the newly formed Provisional Government, first as Minister of Justice, then as Minister of war and after July 1917, he served as the government's second Minister-Chairman
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With Kerensky in charge, he formed a new coalition cabinet which was composed mostly of socialists
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The Bolsheviks led their forces in the uprising of Petrograd, then capital of Russia, against Kerensky and the Provisional Government
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The Bolsheviks declared the formation of a new government, the Council of People's Commissars. Lenin turned down the offer to lead this government.
