Russian Revolution, timeline

The World at War

World War I and the Russian Revolution

• 1914 War Begins
• 1914: Russia defeats Austria-Hungary at Galicia
• 1915: Germany pushes Russia back into Russian territory.
• March (Feb.) 1917: Czar Nicholas II abdicates.
• March (Feb.) 1917: Provisional Government established.

Timeline, cont.

• April (Mar) 1917: Lenin returns to Russia.
• July 1917: Bolsheviks stage armed demonstration in Petrograd.
• July 1917: Bolsheviks lose public support.
• Sept. 1917: Gen. Lavr Kornilov marches army into Petrograd.
  • To Forestall the Bollsheviks.
  • Seen as a counter revolutionary coup.
  • Bolhseviks gain support.

Timeline, cont

• Oct. 1917: Bolsheviks seize power in Petrograd.
• Declare state power to the Soviets.
• Immediate withdrawal from WWI.
• Oct. 1917: Second Congress of Soviets

Timeline, cont.

• Nov. 1917: Voting on Constituent Assembly.
  • Bolsheviks win 24% of the vote.
• Jan. 1918: Constituent Assembly meets and is dissolved by the Bolsheviks.
• March 1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.