Eventos
Tsar Alexander II is assassinated by a radical anarchist group. Alexander III enacts massive curbing of civil rights and freedom of the press.Tsar Alexander dies and Nicolas II ascends to the throne.Lenin is exiled to Siberia, then out of the Russian empire. This allows Lenin to write copious amounts of theory and plan his return.The feared and loathed "holy man" Grigori Rasputin is killed by Russian noblemen following several failed attempts.Lenin returns to Russia. He arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train from Switzerland, through Germany and Finland.
Upon his arrival he outlines and releases his "April theses," these called for the creation of the "soviets" and denounced the provisional government and social revolutionaries.Russian general Kornilov attempts to take control of the government and establish a military dictatorship.
The affair is very short lived but results in the complete erasure of any credibility the provisional government once had.
Kerensky himself is implicated.
14 September: Russia is declared a republic.The first elections to the Constituent assembly occur. The Bolsheviks, to their surprise, win less and a quarter of the vote.
The Social Revolutionaries take the day.
15 December: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed. It finally brings peace to the Russia but means the loss of more than 60 million people, all of Ukraine, and the Baltic states.
Most of Russia's industry disappears and the land it fought so hard to keep, is given away.In response to the Kronstadt Rebellion, in March 1921, the Bolsheviks institute the NEP (New Economic Policy). This is the most capitalistic the Soviet union will get. The policy was always described as temporary, to save the economy from its imminent collapse. It established a mixed economy and allowed small scale private business. Small and medium sized enterprises meant the creation of so called NEPmen. The NEP also abolished the forced grain-requisition that had become so hated. The ability of farmers Treaty of Rapallo:
The Treaty of Rapallo was signed by Germany and the newly formed Soviet Union. The basic idea of the treaty was that Germany and the Soviet Union would renounce all possible claims financial and territorial. Friendly diplomatic relations were also immediately opened and the countries had already begun a joint military program so secretive the German delegation didn't even know about it. This was Germany's way of getting around the treaty of Versailles. It led to the collapse of an "EconPeríodos
1905 Revolution and Bloody Sunday
Tsarist troops and police open fire on a peaceful demonstration, leading to over a thousand deaths.
Russian sailors on the Battleship Potemkin mutiny, triggering riots in Odessa, this is quickly squashed.
The October Manifesto is issued.8 March: International Women's Day begins with large demonstrations by striking workers. They take to the streets to protest food shortages and the war that caused them.
15 March: The Tsar abdicates his throne and removes his son from succession.
Prince Lvov becomes the leader of a brand new provisional government.The Great War begins. Germany declares war on Russia, dragging the unprepared-empire into the war.
Initial successes lead to disastrous defeats and the empire begins to loose badly.7 November: The Bolsheviks seize control of Petrograd.
8 November: After taking the Winter Palace, the Bolsheviks release their decrees on land. These abolish private property and redistribute land amongst the peasants.
Peace is immediately proposed to the Central Powers. Workers' groups outline an eight hour work day, factory operations and even a minimum wage.
9 November: The 'bougeois' press is censored."War Communism" is first introduced. This featured the complete and utter nationalization of industry, destruction of private enterprise and the forcible requisition of grain and other food resources by the government from the peasantry. It would eventually end after the series of strikes and protests that led to the Kronstadt Rebellion.
In response to the Rebellion, in March 1921, the Bolsheviks institute the NEP (New Economic Policy). This is the most capitalistic the Soviet union will get.Russian Civil War:
The Russian Civil War was a vast and complicated conflict. It was sparked by the overthrowing of the monarchy and failure of the provisional government to maintain order and address the issues caused by the Great War. Eventually the massive conflict would be won by the Red army through their ability to appeal to the masses, superior organization and "War Communism."
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