The Russian Revolution

By Millsy2910

  • Russo-Japanese War begins

  • Period: to

    120,000 Workers go on strike in St Petersburg

  • Bloody Sunday

    Tsarist troops open fire on civilians

  • Tsar Nicholas signs the October Manifesto

  • The first Duma meets

    No Bolsheviks or Mensheviks stand for positions

  • Lena River Massacre

    Over 200 marchers shot dead

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • February Revolution begins

  • Duma advises Nicholas to abdicate and he does

  • Lenin returns to Russia

  • October Revolution begins

  • Lenin announces the Bolsheviks have seized power

  • Romanov family shot dead

  • Britain signs trading agreement with Soviets

  • Lenin passes away