1917 Russia

  • February Revolution

    February Revolution
    lots of strikes and protests also the soldiers mutined with the protests which left very less soldiers to shoot protestors.
  • International Womens Day

    International Womens Day
    128.000 workers on streets.
  • Revolutionary Leaders arrested

    more then 100 revolutionary leaders have been arrested including Bolsheviks
  • Tzar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son

    Tzar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son
    Tzar abdicates which means that the provisional goverment is formed.
  • Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia.

    Lenin returns secretly to Russia by a sealed train.
  • April Theses

    April Theses
    Lenin promises the people of Russia peace,land and bread
    which is what everyone want at the time.
  • July Days Anti-Provisional Goverment Protests.

    lots of people are protesting as they want peace,land and bread which they are promised by Lenin.
  • Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister, Provisional Gov't

    Kerensky is now in charge of Russia as prime minister
  • Kornilov Revolt

    Kornilov brings his army and want to fight the provisional goverment but Bolsheviks get there reds and destroy kornilovs army
  • Bolsheviks take over Russia

  • Winter Palace falls Lenin is now in control

    Many guards did not bother protecting the palace and most people of the Provisional Goverment left before the Revoltion and burned papers they did not want the Bolsheviks to get
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends WW

    Bolsheviks signed the treaty which means they have left the war
  • Russian capital moved to Moscow

    capitol has changed to Moscow