Russian Revolution

  • New Tsar

    New Tsar
    Nicholas II became the new Tsar in 1884
  • Russo-Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War
    Russo-Japanese War begins
  • Battle of Tsushima

    Battle of Tsushima
    Almost entire Russian Baltic Fleet destroyed
  • Vpered newspaper

    Vpered newspaper
    Lenin launches a newspaper but it gets shut down.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    St. Petersburg begins the revolution
  • Treaty of Portsmouth

    Treaty of Portsmouth
    ends Russo-Japanese War, Japanese win gain full control of Korean
  • October Manifesto

    October Manifesto
    Nicholas II signs and promulgates the October Manifesto
  • Lenin flees Russia

    Lenin flees Russia
    Living in exile in Switzerland
  • Prime minister Kokovstoff

    Vladimir Kokovstoff becomes prime minister
  • Rasputin leaves

    Rasputin leaves
    Rasputin leaves after it is believed he is having relations with the tsarina.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand
    Is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist
  • Russian forces

    Russian forces
    120,000 Austrian soldiers captured in Galicia
  • WW1 Begins

    WW1 Begins
    After rising tensions, WW1 finally begins
  • Dissolution of the Duma

    Dissolution of the Duma
    On advice from Rasputin Nicholas dissolves the Duma
  • Rusputin's Death

    Rusputin's Death
    Rasputin is finally assassinated.
  • Strikes continue

    Strikes continue
    200,000 workers involved, leading to violent clashes between protesters and police
  • Provisional Government

    Provisional Government
    Duma is now a Provisional Government
  • Tsar abdicated

    Tsar abdicated
    Tsar was forced to abdicate for both himself and his son.
  • October Revoltion

    October Revoltion
    The Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
  • Vesenkha

    Vesenkha
    Supreme Soviet of the National Economy
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed

     Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed
    Treaty between Russia and Germany is signed and Russia pulls out of the war.