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The Russian Revolution

By amymc

  • 1905 Revolution

    This was a year of political and social unrest in Russia. Discontent with the Tsar spead and there were several uprisings and mutinys throughout the year such as Bloody Sunday, Battle of Tsushima, Mutiny of the battleship and general strikes.
    (Class notes from Revolutions, Mater Christi College, 2010)
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    The Russian Revolution 1905-1918

  • The October Manifesto is signed by Tsar Nicholas

  • Stolypin's reforms 1906-1915

    Between 1906 and 1915 newly appointed chief minister Peter Stolypin set about quelling the remaining discontent from 1905 revolution with a number of reforms.
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    Stolypin's Reforms

    Between 1906 and 1915 newly appointed chief minister Peter Stolypin set about quelling the remaining discontent from 1905 revolution with a number of reforms.

  • Lenin returns to exile in Switzerland

  • Russia enters World War I

  • Government calls for end to Tsarist Regime

  • Murder of Rasputin

    The infamous Rasputin was poisened with cyanide then shot

  • The February Revolution

  • Tsar Nicholas abdicates his throne

  • The royal Romanov family are arrested

  • Lenin returns to Russia from exile

  • The October Revolution

  • The Bolsheviks take power

  • Russian Civil War

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed

  • Murder of the Royal Family (The Romanov's)

  • The Red terror

    The Red terror

    Spanned a period of time in 1918 in which many people were murdered