Lenin trotsky 1920 05 20 sverdlov square (original)

The Russian Revolution

By woltebre
  • Nicholas II steps to the throne

    Nicholas II steps to the throne

    Nicholas II becomes what is to be the last tsar of Russia.
  • Bolsheviks form

    Bolsheviks form

    Bolsheviks form out of splitting from the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (exact date not specified)
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    Protesters led by Father Georgy Gapon were shot by imperial guards, hurting the reputation of the tsar autocracy.
  • Nicholas' Abdication

    Nicholas' Abdication

    Final czar of Russia Nicholas II abdicates under the pressure of the soviets.
  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

    Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin as well as Leon Trotsky lead the red army in revolt against the Provisional government.
  • Trotsky in office

    Trotsky in office

    Born Lev Bronshtein, Marxist revolutionary and soviet politician Leon Trotsky, who had built and commanded the red army which one the Russian Civil War, is put into office for the first time.
  • Lenin becomes leader

    Lenin becomes leader

    After winning the Russian Civil War, Lenin becomes new Communist Russia's chairman.
  • Lenin pronounced dead

    Lenin pronounced dead

    Due to stress-related circumstances and sustained injuries, Lenin dies after a third stroke which leaves him mute and bed-ridden.