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Solve the chronology of the Russian Revolution, filling in the blanks as you go.
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This leaves the remaining Bolsheviks with a majority in the Congress. Lenin announces the
formation of a Bolshevik government, immediate moves to end the ………. and a decree on land
reform for the peasants. The Bolsheviks control Petrograd.
Sunday 26th February 1917: The Tsar orders his soldiers to put down the mutiny, but they rebel
and join the protesters. In all out revolution, the soldiers fight the Petrograd police over the new
few days and eventually gain control of the city.
Kerensky makes a fatal error. Needing loyal troops to establish law and order in the capital, he
appoints a new Supreme Commander of Russian forces, General ……………………….
Kerensky tries to send the most radical army units away from the city. Paranoia grows as
rumours circulate that the PG are will to abandon Petrograd to the advancing Germans.
On the night of the 25th/26th October, the Red Guards march on the ……………….. Palace to arrest
the members of the Provisional Government. Most have already fled.
Despite being “at war with his own people” for over a year, ………………. Survives; the revolution
is suppressed. Between 1906 and 1914, Russia enjoys relative reforms and economic progress.
In April, ……………., most influential member of the ………………….. party and previously in exile in
Switzerland returns to Petrograd and delivers his “…………………….”. He demands an end to the
war, worldwide socialist revolution, all power to the Soviets, and land reform for the peasants.
Right-wing Kornilov sensing the opportunity to crush the socialists, attempts a military coup by
marching his troops towards Petrograd.
Russia joins the ……………………………. in World War One fighting against the Austro-Hungarian
and Ottoman empires, and (more formidably) Germany. The war goes badly and in 1915, the
Tsar takes direct, personal responsibility for leading the army.
The Bolshevik-led Soviet forms the …………….. (Military Revolutionary Committee) to control the
radical Petrograd soldiers and their supply of arms.
Growing discontent with the Tsar is made worse by the arbitrary and unpopular rule of his
German wife, Tsarina ……………………, and her debauched advisor, ……………………...
1900: Russia is a huge country ruled by a …………………….. It is a backward, feudal, agricultural
country of 112M with over 77% of society being………………….. Only 55M are Russian, there are
over 20 other different …………………………
In June and in an effort to win the war, leader of the Provisional Government, Kerensky orders a
“………………. …………………….” against the Germans. It loses momentum and fails within days as
tired soldiers refuse to obey orders and shoot their officers.
Demand for change, defeat in the war, different nationalities all lead to opposition and protest
against the regime. On …………………………… 22nd January 1905, Tsarist troops fire on unarmed
protesters killing hundreds and sparking revolution.
Power is now split between the Provisional Government and the ……………………, democratically
elected councils of workers and soldiers, mainly controlled by the socialists & communists.
Lacking leadership, the July Days fizzle out. Fearing arrest ………………… flees to Finland. The PG
re-establishes control.
October 24th and 25th. Led by …………………. and his units of Red Guards, the Bolsheviks seize
control of key points in the city (railway stations; telegraph & telephone stations; bridges).
Meanwhile the war brings economic hardship and chaos to the Russian people. Food and fuel
shortages exacerbated by the cold winter of 1916 lead to strikes and protests in the cities.
On March 2nd, convinced by his generals, the Tsar abdicates and the 400 year old …………………..
dynasty comes to an end. In Petrograd, a ………………………. Government is declared.
1904-5 Russia fights Japan in the ………………………….. War, and is defeated and humiliated.
Horrified by Kornilov’s ambitions, ……………………… now enlists the support of the Soviets (and
Bolsheviks) and gives them weapons to defeat Kornilov’s coup. ……………… (and by association,
the PG’s) reputation is left in tatters. The Bolsheviks retain their weapons.
On the same night, the All Russian Congress of Soviets meet, opposition socialist parties
denounce the Bolshevik coup and in protest (all but the Socialist Revolutionaries) walk out.
Though the revolution in Petrograd is virtually bloodless, there are 10 days fighting in ……………..
before an uneasy truce is called between the Bolsheviks and troops loyal to the Provisional
Government. By the end October 1917, though fragile, the Bolsheviks hold power in Russia.
The frustration of the Petrograd workers and soldiers with the PG boils over and in the “July
Days” there are widespread protests and rioting. The rioters are joined by 20,000 elite
…………………. sailors demanding that the Soviets seize power.
International …………………… Day, 23rd February 1917, the women of ………………….. protest en
mass at the hardships of the war. Over the next few days the protesters grow in numbers and are
joined by soldiers and Cossacks in Petrograd. There are calls for the removal of the Tsar.
October 10th 1917: Lenin returns from Finland and urges action. Other leading Bolsheviks,
………………. and …………….. urge caution fearing a civil war that would overwhelm the Bolsheviks.
Despite the February revolution, the Provisional Government continue to fight the First World
War. With war, the economic crisis and conditions worsen.
Triple Entente
Alexandra Nicolas II
Russo-Japanese
Kamanev
Lenin(x2)
Kronstadt MRC Rasputin
Soviets
Trotsky
Winter
Moscow
Bolshevik
Tsar Provisional Bloody Sunday
Petrograd April theses Kerensky(x2)
war
Kornilov
summer offensive nationalities
Women’s
Romanov
Zinoviev