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Bloody Sunday
Protesters, who were led by Father Giapon marched toward winter palace in St Petersburg to present Tsar Nicholas II with a petition, were fired on by imperial guards, killing and wounding hundreds of people causing outrage and more unrest to spread across the country sparking what would be known as the russian revolution of 1905. -
October Manifesto
October Manifesto was issued by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the Russian revolution. -
Russia enters world war 1
Russia reluctantly entered World War 1 to preserve its status as a great power, though for more than two years Russia's involvement decimated the economy and contributed to the collapse of the tsarist regime. Due to the devastating impact of war, people starving, freezing and miserable, its under these conditions the February Revolution began to grow. -
February Revolution begins.
The February Revolution also known as the march revolution was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. The February Revolution began with workers strikes and riots over the lack of food. -
February Revolution ends.
Garrison troops refused the Tsar’s orders to fire on demonstrators, many even mutinied and joined the protesters , with the loss of support and incompetent leadership Tsar Nicholas was forced to abdicate, ending nearly 500 years of the Romanov dynasty, -
The Provisional government established
The Provisional Government was the national government of Russia between the February Revolution and the Bolshevik revolution of 1917,due to russia still being involved in ww1 the provisonal government overlooked many economic and social problems. -
Russian constituent assembly election
Elections to the Russian constituent were held, which were generally recognized to be the first free elections in Russian history. -
Brest-Litovsk treaty
Russia left the war in November 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had overthrown the Russian government and seized power.In March 1918, the Russians signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, a peace agreement between Russia and the Central Powers whom were Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire and they were out of the war. -
Soviet Union is esablished
in post revolutionary Russia the union of soviet socialist republics is established, also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was to be the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism, Lenin, a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, leader of the Bolshevik served as the founding head of government of Soviet Russia -
Joseph Stalin, Dictator of USSR
upon Lenin's death in early 1924 joseph Stalin even though he was not Lenin's natural successor used his position within the soviet union as General Secretary of the Central Committee to become undisputed leader, dictator of the soviet union.
