Download Timeline of Russian Revolution

Timeline of Russian Revolution
Date of
Event
Event Title
Event Description
Jan 1st, 1905
1905 Revolution
- Working conditions in Russia were harsh
- All workers decided to strike
- After the riots and strikes, Tsar Nicholas issued the
October Manifesto, a document which gave basic rights
and liberties to the people and brought an end to the 1905
Russian Revolution
- The Duma was also created, which gave the people a say
in the government
Jan 22nd, 1905
Bloody Sunday
- A massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Peaceful demonstrators were marching to present a
petition to Tsar Nicholas II and then were gunned down by
the royal guards
- The striking workers were led by a priest
- The number of killed and injured is uncertain but the
average that is accepted is around 1000 people
Dec 30th, 1916
Rasputin Murdered
- A group of nobles lured Rasputin to the palace, where
they attempted to poison him.
- Failing at poisoning him, they shot him at close range
- They eventually threw him into a freezing river, and he
finally drowned
Mar 1st, 1917
February (March)
Revolution
-The people were upset by the First World War
- Also upset by how the country was being run by Tsar
Nicholas's government
- Workers in Petrograd went on strike
- The immediate result was the abdication (or giving up
power) of Tsar Nicholas II
Oct 25th, 1917
Bolshevik Revolution
(October Revolution)
- Was a political revolution and a part of the Russian
Revolution of 1917
- The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the
Russian Provisional Government (Duma) and gave the
power to the local soviets (Lenin & Trotsky)
21st Jan, 1924 Lenin Dies/USSR forms - The result of Lenin dying is a race to who would gain
power next
-Stalin gained power and eliminated other opponents
- Stalin became the leader of the USSR
- Stalin lead the USSR with a large-scale industrialization
becoming a booming economy
- Brutal leader who used his secret police to kill about 20
million people who opposed the government