Events
Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations"Emancipation of SerfsAlexander II assassinatedKarl Marx wrote "The Communist Manifesto"Russian Social Democrat Party foundedRSPD Congress in LondonBloody SundayRevolution of 1905October Manifesto announcedRussia gets a constitution from Tsar Nicholas II and elects first Duma by UMSArmy returns from far east and crushes revolution of 1905Trotsky organizes the “Red Guard” and plans a second revolution→Oct/Nov RevolutionTreaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Trotsky, and Russia drops out of WWITrotsky named head of Red ArmyKronstadt RebellionConstitution of 1922Lenin turns over running of Communist Party of Soviet Union to Josef StalinLenin died; Trotsky misses funeralPower struggle between Trotsky and LeninCPSU Congress→Trotsky expelled from CPSUTrotsky is expelled from USSR→moves to Mexico and hangs with Diego Rivera and Frida KahloStalin sends assassin to kill TrotskyPeriods
Tsarist RussiaAlexander IIAlexander IIINicholas IIRusso-Japanese WarRussian Civil WarWar CommunismNew Economic Policy
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