Michaela Grasko
History timeline
date Event Description
1894 Tsar Nicholas II
crowned
1898 Social democratic Formed by Plekanov (father of communism in Russia)
party formed
1903 Social democratic Splits into
party splits - Mensheviks (lead by Martov)
- Bolsheviks (lead by Lenin)
- Wants to overthrow monarchy
1905 Constitutional - Lead by prince Lvov,
democratic - party members called cadets.
movement formed - A group of liberal middle class and nobility
- Wants freedom of speech civil rights
22 January Bloody Sunday - 200 000 people along with father Gapon demand
petition demands to be meet
Feb – sept Russo- Japanese - Russia vs japan
war - Russia defeated
- War about Russia’s expansion of trans-Siberian
railway line in Manchuria to port Arthur
- Russia defeated in battle of Mukden and at straits
of tsushima
- Treaty of Portsmouth
- Russians embarrassed
October October manifesto - October manifesto: the new constitution
and creation of - Duma: government/ parliament that was to work
Duma with the tsar in running Russia
1911 Tibet get - Tibet is one of china’s neighbours.
independence - Tibet has been both independent and part of the
colony of china
- They gained independence in 1911 but china still
refused to recognize this independence
1914 (1 august) Start WW1
1915 3.8 million Russian
perish in war
1916 Rasputin death (30 -
December)
1917 February/ march - Spontaneous, no plan, no leader
revolution - Riots and bakery looting
15 march Tsar abdication -
march Formation of - Lead by prince Lvov
provisional - Didn’t lead revolution but assumed power
government - Introduced:
, Michaela Grasko
- Freedom of speech and press
- Freedom of exiled and political prisoners
- Promised elections
16 April Lenin returns - Returns on ‘sealed train’ from Switzerland by the
Germans
- Called for ‘peace, bread and land’
April Lenin’s April thesis 1) No support to be given to PG
2) New socialist revolution must happen
3) Russia must withdraw from war
4) Nationalization of private property
may Kerensky becomes - Is a Menshevik
new leader of - Keeps Russia in war
provisional
government
July Kerensky launches - Failure
an offensive on the - Caused looting and unrest
polish front
July days - Unrest and looting caused by Kerensky’s failed
offensive
Lenin’s coup d’état - Failed and Lenin fled to Finland
August/ General Kornilov - Failed and got imprisoned
September coup d’état
October Lenin return - Lenin returns to plan revolution
October/ October/ November - Lenin leader successful overthrow of PG
November revolution - stormed winter palace
(8 November) - Mensheviks and PG gave up and handed power
over to Lenin
- Kerensky fled
November Elections take place - Elections to the constituent assembly take place,
the socialist revolutionaries win largest number of
seats, Bolsheviks win less than ¼ of the seats.
December Armistice signed - Armistices between Russia and central powers
signed
1918 Constituent - The constituent assembly meets but is dissolved
January assembly meets by the Bolsheviks.
War communism - Communist system of war communism put in
introduced place
- Agriculture: all farmers to turn in all produce
including excess and quotas are set
- Farmland nationalised
- Farmers got ammunition in return for produce
- Industry: factories with more than 10 workers
nationalised
, Michaela Grasko
- Military discipline, and misbehaviour would be
dealt with harshly even death
- Unemployed had to join “labour armies
- Food rations restricted
- No trade, as a result inflation rose
- Results:
- farmers didn’t need ammunition they needed food
- would hide produce
- there was police who would search for hidden
food upon collection
- huge famine, 7 million died
Red army formed - council of peoples commissars (Sovnarkom) issued
a decree forming the ‘Workers and peasants’ red
army
14 February -
western
calendar
adapted
3 march Treaty of Brest - Russia signed this to end its participation in WW1.
Litovsk signed They lost 1/3 f empire population, 1/3 of railway
network, ½ of its industry, ¾ of its iron ore, 9/10 of
its coal resources and a lot of its food supply. Civil
war breaks out as a result
8 march Name and capital - Bolsheviks change name to Russian communist
change party. Capital moves to Moscow due to Petrograd
being close to the western boarder due to new
boarder from the treaty of Brest Litovsk
16-17 July Romanov family - In holding house in Ekaterinburg
executed
august Lenin shot - Lenin shot 3 times by a socialist revolutionary
August Red terror starts - The Bolsheviks ruthlessly killed, tortured, hung, or
beat anyone who supported the whites within
their territory
December CHEKA formed - Bolshevik secret police
1921 downfall - Rouble lost 96% of pre-war value, industrial
production fallen to 10% of its 1913 level,
Petrograd population fallen from 2 million (1917)
to 600 000 (1920)
March Kronstadt Mutiny - Unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks
March NEP introduced - New economic policy
- Introduced to combat the poor results of war
communism
- Agricultural:
History timeline
date Event Description
1894 Tsar Nicholas II
crowned
1898 Social democratic Formed by Plekanov (father of communism in Russia)
party formed
1903 Social democratic Splits into
party splits - Mensheviks (lead by Martov)
- Bolsheviks (lead by Lenin)
- Wants to overthrow monarchy
1905 Constitutional - Lead by prince Lvov,
democratic - party members called cadets.
movement formed - A group of liberal middle class and nobility
- Wants freedom of speech civil rights
22 January Bloody Sunday - 200 000 people along with father Gapon demand
petition demands to be meet
Feb – sept Russo- Japanese - Russia vs japan
war - Russia defeated
- War about Russia’s expansion of trans-Siberian
railway line in Manchuria to port Arthur
- Russia defeated in battle of Mukden and at straits
of tsushima
- Treaty of Portsmouth
- Russians embarrassed
October October manifesto - October manifesto: the new constitution
and creation of - Duma: government/ parliament that was to work
Duma with the tsar in running Russia
1911 Tibet get - Tibet is one of china’s neighbours.
independence - Tibet has been both independent and part of the
colony of china
- They gained independence in 1911 but china still
refused to recognize this independence
1914 (1 august) Start WW1
1915 3.8 million Russian
perish in war
1916 Rasputin death (30 -
December)
1917 February/ march - Spontaneous, no plan, no leader
revolution - Riots and bakery looting
15 march Tsar abdication -
march Formation of - Lead by prince Lvov
provisional - Didn’t lead revolution but assumed power
government - Introduced:
, Michaela Grasko
- Freedom of speech and press
- Freedom of exiled and political prisoners
- Promised elections
16 April Lenin returns - Returns on ‘sealed train’ from Switzerland by the
Germans
- Called for ‘peace, bread and land’
April Lenin’s April thesis 1) No support to be given to PG
2) New socialist revolution must happen
3) Russia must withdraw from war
4) Nationalization of private property
may Kerensky becomes - Is a Menshevik
new leader of - Keeps Russia in war
provisional
government
July Kerensky launches - Failure
an offensive on the - Caused looting and unrest
polish front
July days - Unrest and looting caused by Kerensky’s failed
offensive
Lenin’s coup d’état - Failed and Lenin fled to Finland
August/ General Kornilov - Failed and got imprisoned
September coup d’état
October Lenin return - Lenin returns to plan revolution
October/ October/ November - Lenin leader successful overthrow of PG
November revolution - stormed winter palace
(8 November) - Mensheviks and PG gave up and handed power
over to Lenin
- Kerensky fled
November Elections take place - Elections to the constituent assembly take place,
the socialist revolutionaries win largest number of
seats, Bolsheviks win less than ¼ of the seats.
December Armistice signed - Armistices between Russia and central powers
signed
1918 Constituent - The constituent assembly meets but is dissolved
January assembly meets by the Bolsheviks.
War communism - Communist system of war communism put in
introduced place
- Agriculture: all farmers to turn in all produce
including excess and quotas are set
- Farmland nationalised
- Farmers got ammunition in return for produce
- Industry: factories with more than 10 workers
nationalised
, Michaela Grasko
- Military discipline, and misbehaviour would be
dealt with harshly even death
- Unemployed had to join “labour armies
- Food rations restricted
- No trade, as a result inflation rose
- Results:
- farmers didn’t need ammunition they needed food
- would hide produce
- there was police who would search for hidden
food upon collection
- huge famine, 7 million died
Red army formed - council of peoples commissars (Sovnarkom) issued
a decree forming the ‘Workers and peasants’ red
army
14 February -
western
calendar
adapted
3 march Treaty of Brest - Russia signed this to end its participation in WW1.
Litovsk signed They lost 1/3 f empire population, 1/3 of railway
network, ½ of its industry, ¾ of its iron ore, 9/10 of
its coal resources and a lot of its food supply. Civil
war breaks out as a result
8 march Name and capital - Bolsheviks change name to Russian communist
change party. Capital moves to Moscow due to Petrograd
being close to the western boarder due to new
boarder from the treaty of Brest Litovsk
16-17 July Romanov family - In holding house in Ekaterinburg
executed
august Lenin shot - Lenin shot 3 times by a socialist revolutionary
August Red terror starts - The Bolsheviks ruthlessly killed, tortured, hung, or
beat anyone who supported the whites within
their territory
December CHEKA formed - Bolshevik secret police
1921 downfall - Rouble lost 96% of pre-war value, industrial
production fallen to 10% of its 1913 level,
Petrograd population fallen from 2 million (1917)
to 600 000 (1920)
March Kronstadt Mutiny - Unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks
March NEP introduced - New economic policy
- Introduced to combat the poor results of war
communism
- Agricultural:
