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Marxists Revolutionaries split
Marxists revolutionaries disagree over revolutionary tactics. The more radical Bolsheviks are ready to risk everything. The charismatic Vladimir Lenin becomes the leader. -
Japan and Russia declare war
Soviet–Japanese War was a conflict within WWII vs Russia -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, sometimes called the Bogside Massacre, was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment -
Duma
Duma, Russian in full Gosudarstvennaya Duma (“State Assembly”), the elected legislative body that, along with the State Council, constituted the imperial Russian legislature from 1906 until its dissolution at the time of the March 1917 Revolution. -
Germany Declares War On Russia
In response to Russia's partial, and then general mobilization on the 29th July 1914, Germany declared war on the Russian Empire on the 1st August 1914. Her partial mobilization, Russia insisted, had been directed at Austria-Hungary, after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on the 28th July 1914. A flurry of diplomatic cables across Europe, and between the cousins Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, were unable to avert the conflict. -
1st Major Strike
1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd -
Official Communist Government
In November 1917 Russia got the world’s first communist government. Lead by Lenin, communists took over the vital city of St Petrograd and removed the Provisional Government from power. -
Party Change
Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party -
The Treaty
The Treaty of Riga brings most fighting in the Russo-Polish War to a halt. -
New Policies
The Tenth Party Congress of the Communist Party. Lenin announces the New Economic Policy (NEP) and demands an end to factionalism in the party. -
Political Testament
Lenin dictates his ‘political testament’, a series of letters containing his views about the future of Soviet Russia, the Communist Party, and its potential leaders.