The Russian Revolution: Timeline By 16thall Period: Jan 1, 1904 to Dec 31, 1905 Russo-Japanese War Jan 1, 1905 Lenin returns from exile Jan 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday Period: Jan 22, 1905 to Jun 16, 1907 Revolution of 1905 May 1, 1906 The Creation of the DUMA Jul 28, 1914 Russia mobilizes and enters WWI Mar 5, 1917 Kerensky heads the provisional gov't Mar 6, 1917 March Revolution Begins Mar 15, 1917 Tsar Nicholas II Adbicates the Throne Oct 9, 1917 Lenin takes power Period: Nov 1, 1917 to Oct 1, 1922 Russian Civil War Dec 15, 1917 Russia signs armistice with germany Jul 16, 1918 Assassination of Romanov Family Oct 1, 1922 Trotsky wins the civil war Apr 3, 1923 Stalin makes Russia a Totalitarian State Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Dec 1, 1939 Great Purge
