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Bread rationingInternational Women's Day demonstrationsDemonstrations in Petrograd endDuma form a committee of representatives united against TsarismRussian Army turns against the TsarNikolas II tries to return to PetrogradNikolas II abdicatesNikolas II's brother refuses to take the throneDuma starts to form a new governmentNikolas II orders troops to open fire on the crowdsLenin returns from exile and presents his April ThesesLenin claims that Bolsheviks can take powerJuly Rising fails; Provisional Government calls soldiers from front linesKerensky Offensive failsKornilov announces his intention to destroy radical socialismKerensky dismisses Kornilov from office and orders him back to Petrograd; Kornilov arranges to send troops into PetrogradPetrograd Soviet starts to plan how to push back Kornilov's advancing troopsBolsheviks sabotage Kornilov Affair with no bloodshed; Kornilov is arrestedLenin writes to Bolshevik Central Committee urging revolutionTrotsky convinces Lenin to wait until the meeting of the Second Congress of All-Russian SovietsKerensky tries to open the way for his troops to take over PetrogradRed Guard units seize key points in the cityRed Guards storm the Winter PalaceSecond All-Russian Congress of SovietsSovnarkom is formedDecrees on Peace and Land passedOpposition press bannedCheka is set upWorkers given control of the factoriesClass distinctions abolishedConstituent Assembly set upOpposition parties bannedJustice system abolishedArmy democratisedTreaty of Brest-Litovsk signedPeace negotiations begin in Brest-LitovskComintern set upAssassination attempt on LeninNikolas II is shotBread ration cut by one-thirdNEP introducedPeriods
February RevolutionJuly DaysFirst All-Russian Congress of SovietsKornilov AffairOctober RevolutionBrest-Litovsk peace negotiationsCivil WarFood riots in the citiesEconomic collapseTambov uprisingSevere winterKronstadt uprising10th Party Congress118 separate risings throughout Soviet Russia
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