The Russian Revolution 1917

  • WW1

    WW1
    In 1914 the empire split up to go fight the world war. On the homeland front the homeland was being defeated and in the center there was food shortages and economic chaos
  • Russia at war

    Russia at war
    Nicholas II launches his army and his people to war against Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • Rasputín murder

    Rasputín murder
    in december Rasputin was assassinated by russian aristocrats, and possibly btitanic help
  • Women´s Protest

    Women´s Protest
    Women take control of the streets in Petrograd to mark Women's Day and fight against bread shortages
  • Lenin to Russia

    Lenin to Russia
    Return of Lenin to Russia. Lenin arrived from exile at the Finland station in Petrograd
  • First stage of Revolution

    First stage of Revolution
    transformed the country from a monarchy to a communist state.
  • The bolsheviks

    The bolsheviks
    Civil war between the Bolsheviks and the counterrevolutionaries. After hard fighting and good doses of terror in the rear
  • Death of Lenin

    Death of Lenin
    his regime of terror, he betrayed Lenin and the revolution contrasts with that of historians