The Russian Revolution

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    The Russian Revolution

  • The February Revolution

    The February Revolution

    Strikes and riots over food and coal broke out in Petrograd. Troops that were sent to stop the uprising joined the demonstraters instead.
  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates March 1917

    Czar Nicholas II abdicates March 1917

    Nicholas was forced to resign
  • The Abduction of the Tsar

    The Abduction of the Tsar

    Only a week after the Petrograd riots began because of the March Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II gave up his power of the throne. This brought many consequences for Russia.
  • The Winter Palace

    The Winter Palace

    The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks.
  • A New Government

    A New Government

    With Lenin in power, he decided to change the government into more communist beliefs. All titles and ranks were demolished, and everyone had to call each other comrades.
  • The October Revolution

    The October Revolution

  • The July Days Begin

    The July Days Begin

    The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government. Lenin is forced to go into hiding.
  • Murder of the Romanovs

    Murder of the Romanovs

    They were killed in Ekateringburg by Lenin because many still saw them as the rulers of Russia. Anastasia supposedly survived.
  • War Communism

    War Communism

    Lenin imposed war communism
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The civil war consisted of the Red Army, which was the communists led by Lenin; and the White Army which was aristocrats, royalists, churchmen and army officer. The Allies, including Japan, supported the Whites because of the fear of communism spreading.