-
Lenin had free elections done in 1917; however, he lost so he didn't take them into account.
-
The Provisional Government took control of Rusia after the Tsar's abdication.
-
A war between the Red and the White Army began.
This war lead to the execution of the Tsar and his family. -
The White Army was formed by several groups of anti-bolsheviks.
-
By the spring of 1918, three separate White armies were marching on western Russia, which was controlled by the Bolshevik.
-
Kolchak’s forces were destroyed and meanwhile, the foreign armies withdrew.
-
The last major from The White Army was defeated in the Crimea.
-
Lenin announced the New Economic Policy (NEP). This one brought back capitalism for some sections of Russian society.
-
Lenin supervised the making of a New Constitution that turned the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
-
After a series of strokes in 1922 and 1923, Lenin died in January 1924.
