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Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Nicholas II, the last czar, is crowned ruler of Russia in the old Ouspensky Cathedral in Moscow.he succeeded to the Russian throne upon the death of his father, Czar Alexander III, in November 1894. -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
on its way to losing a war against Japan in the Far East, czarist Russia is wracked with internal discontent that finally explodes into violence in St. Petersburg in what will become known as the Bloody Sunday Massacre. -
World War I begins
The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was shot to death along with his wife Sophie by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. -
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
Riots and strikes take over scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd. By 1917 most people lost faith in the regtime. People joined Russian radical elements in calling for the overthrow of the czar. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates (gives up power)
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.After a secret meeting, a death sentence was passed on the imperial family, and Nicholas, his wife, his children, and several of their servants were gunned down on the night of July 16. -
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution.after a struggle of succession, fellow revolutionary Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union -
Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
Following the failure of the offensive in June, the Bolsheviks made an attempt to seize power in Petrograd in July. Here, Lenin made a serious misjudgement which could have led to disaster for the Bolsheviks. Only small numbers of soldiers and sailors actively supported the Bolsheviks and the uprising was suppressed by loyal troops. A number of Bolshevik leaders were arrested and Lenin fled to Finland. -
Russian civil war begins
The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. -
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
It was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks which was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution. The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces. Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the occupation of government buildings on 2 November 1917. The following day, the Winter Palace was captured. -
Russia withdraws from World War I
Russia signalled her withdrawal from World War One soon after the October Revolution of 1917, and the country turned in on itself with a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the conservative White guard. -
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
It was the first congress of the Bolsheviks after their gaining of power in the October Revolution. It was held in the Taurida Palace in Petrograd in extraordinary session to consider the peace treaty with Germany to end World War I, concluded by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk earlier in March. The actual Party head count was about 300,000, but many delegates could not arrive on such short notice, partially because of the German occupation of significant territory. -
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
It was changed in the beginning of WWI. The decision was made before signing The Treaty Of Brest Litovsk. -
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
Czar and his family were executed by Bolsheviks in the cellar of Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg ending the Romanov dynasty. It had went down hill from that, people stepped up and tried to fight for what was theirs with or without Czar. -
Russian civil war ends
As a result of this treaty, about 10 million Ukranians and White Russians were put under Polish rule. The Treaty of Riga brought to an end the Russian Civil War. Within Russia, the Communist government under Lenin was now secure. -
Lenin suffers second stroke
Something was obviously wrong with him, he had his first stroke May 26 1922 and in december, he had another stroke. -
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known unofficially as Russia, was a socialist superstate in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union. -
Lenin dies
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin, was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.He died from brain hemorrhage at the age of 54.