Revolution in Russia

1905 Revolution - Bloody Sunday

  • In late 1904, four union members were dismissed from the Putilov Iron Works.

  • Father Gapon called for industrial action, 100,000 workers in the city went on strike.

  • Jan 1905 - group of demonstrators marched on the winter palace, led by Father Gapon.

    • Over 200 killed and 800 injured.

  • Key political figures were assassinated.

  • Naval mutiny of he Potemkin.

  • Nicholas II releases the Fundamental Laws and the October Manifesto, this creates the Dumas.

February Revolution 1917

  • 9 Jan - 150,000 workers celebrate anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

  • 18 Feb - Strike at Putilov

  • 19 Feb - Bread rationing

  • 23 Feb - International Women’s Day + workers from Putilov protest about living and working conditions

  • 25 Feb - General strike, workers were fired on by troops, Rodzianko urged the Tsar to change

  • 26 Feb - Duma defied Tsar’s instruction to disband. Troops join in on the general strike.

  • 27 Feb - Petrograd Soviet formed alongside the provisional Duma. Led to dual authority and indicated that the Tsar was deemed unfit to rule.

  • 1 Mar - Soviet Order No.1 passed, Petrograd Soviet now has total control over the military.

  • 2 Mar - Nich II abdicates and the Provisional Government was formed to deal with the Constituent Assembly elections.

October Revolution 1917

  • 8 Sep - Bolsheviks in control of the Petrograd Soviet. By the middle of September they also controlled the Moscow soviet.

  • 7 Oct - Lenin returned from exile.

  • 10 Oct - the Bolsheviks began planning for a revolution.

  • 23 Oct - Kerensky closed Pravda and Izvestiya and a round up of leading Bolsheviks was attempted.

  • 24 Oct - the Petrograd Soviet’s Military Revolutionary Committee began to seize power under the command of Trotsky

  • 26 Oct - the members of the Provisional Government were arrested, except for Kerensky, who fled (later to the USA).

  • 27 Oct - the All-Russian Congress of Soviets (sitting since 25 Oct) was informed by Lenin that the Bolsheviks had seized power.

  • 2 Nov - the Bolsheviks had total control of Moscow.