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Germany declared war on Russia in August 1914.
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strikes and riots over food and coal shortages broke out in Petrograd.
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The Tsar, Nicholas II stepped down and left temporary goverment to administer the country.
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the All-Russian Congress of Soviets authorized the Bolsheviks to set up a Council of People's Commissars to run the national government
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The new government quickly withdrew Russia from the war with Germany. On Dec. 2, 1917, Russia negotiated a cease-fire.
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Lenin's group became the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik) in March 1918.
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In March 1918, the Bolshevik government moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.
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the government signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to prevent German invasion. Under this treaty, Russia lost a quarter of its territory.
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by 1920, the Communists had won and the revolution was complete. there was no offical end.
