The Russian Revolution and Civil War
Category: History
Updated: 2 months ago
A timeline of events from the beginning of 1917 until the end of the Russian Civil War.
Major events include images with relevant readings and eye-witness accounts linked.
Events relating to the Revolutionaries are in red, the reactionaries in purple and important written works in black.
Dates are reflective of the Julian Calendar until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in February 1918.
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Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday"Duma DissolvedPutilov StrikeTsar Leaves for the FrontPutilov Strikers SackedPutilov LockoutInternational Women's DayFebruary 24February 25February 26February 27February 28Founding of the Petrograd SovietFounding of the Duma CommiteeOrder no. 1End of the Romanov DynastyFirst issue of PravdaAmnesty DeclaredTsar ArrestedLetters From AfarSoviet Adresses the WorldMartyrs' FuneralAll-Russian Soviet ConferenceFinland StationApril ThesesMay DayApril DaysAll-Russian Bolshevik ConferenceFirst CoalitionMiliukov ResignsTrotsky ArrivesRed KrondstadtConference of the Factory CommitteesFirst All-Russian Congress of SovietsJune OffensiveJune DemonstrationAborted Bolshevik DemonstrationPatriotic DemonstrationLenin in HidingDeath Penalty ReintroducedKornilov AppointedTrotsky ArrestedSecond CoalitionSixth Congress of the BolsheviksMoscow ConferenceBolshevik Election SuccessGermans Occupy RigaKornilov CoupPetrograd Soviet Carries Bolshevik MotionTrotsky ReleasedMoscow Soviet Carries Bolshevik MotionPetrograd Soviet Goes BolshevikLetters to the Central CommitteeDemocratic Conference in PetrogradFinal CoalitionState and revolutionCan the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat ItMarxism and InsurrectionPre-ParliamentMilitary Revolutionary Committee (MRC)Bolshevik Central Committee Agrees on InsurrectionPetrograd Bolshevik ConferenceSoldiers' Soviet joins MRCSoviet Plenum supports InsurrectionZinoviev and Kamenev WaverLenin Demands ExpulsionMRC begins preparations for the Insurrection.Mass Soviet DemonstrationsPeter and Paul Fortress joins SovietOctober 24October RevolutionJuly daysSecond All-Russian Congress of SovietsTrotsky Elected Chairman of the Petrograd SovietDecrees of the Soviet GovernmentKerensky and KrasnovJunker RisingKrasnov CapturedMoscow InsurrectionGregorian Calendar AdoptedResignation of CommisarsRada Seizes UkraineDukhonin DismissedDecree for Workers' ControlLeft SRs Join GovernmentWhite Generals EscapePreliminary ArmisticeWhite Army FormedArmistice EndsRada UltimatumCheka FormedBrest-LitovskUkrainian Soviet GovernmentDecree Nationalising the BanksThird Congress of the SovietsConstituent AssemblyConstituent Assembly DispersedFirst Congress of Trade UnionsRevolutionary War PositionRada Declares IndependanceBolshevik Rebellion in KievKiev OccupiedRada Signs Separate PeaceTrotsky Walks out of NegotiationsSoviets Sign PeaceRostov Occupied by RedsGermans Occupy KievSignature of Brest LitovskSeventh Party Congress of the BolsheviksSoviet Government moved to MoscowTrotsky Appointed War CommissarCossack RetreatFourth Congress of SovietsSRs leave governmentJapanese and US InvadeIndependance for Trans-CaucasiaTurks take BatumDecree Nationalising Foreign TradeRada DissolvedWhites Occupy Novo-CherkasskWhites Occupy RostovCzecho-Slovaks revoltTrans-Caucasian Self-DeterminationWhites Take SiberiaSoviets Introduce Partial ConscriptionSamara OccupiedPoor Peasant Committees FormedFailed White Revolt in TambovSRs Assassinate VolodarskyNationalisation of Large IndustryFifth Congress of SovietsSRs Assassinate German Count MirbachMuraviev DefectsExecution of the RomanovsReds Take IaroslavAllied Occupation of ArchangelWhites Capture KazanBritish Occupy BakuDenikin Captures the KubanWhites Occupy NovorossiskUritsky killed, Lenin woundedRed Terror ProposedUfa ConferenceReds Capture KazanTurks Occupy Baku26 Baku CommissarsReds Capture SamaraSixth Congress of SovietsGerman RevolutionBrest-Litovsk AnnulledKolchak Proclaimed Supreme LeaderNationalisation of Internal TradeSoviet Ukraine ProclaimedUkrainian RevoltReds Occupy MinskEnd of World WarReds Take RigaSecond Congress of Trade UnionsKrasnov ResignsFirst Congress of the Communist InternationalGerman AdvanceLenin's Peace Position Voted UpSoviets agree to sign new peaceRed Army FormedTrotsky Proposes Allied AidWhites Capture UtaEighth Congress of the RCPSoviet HungaryReds Take OdessaReds Approach CrimeaKolchak's RetreatGrigoriev DefectsGrigoriev PogromDenikin's OffensiveMakhno's RebellionReds Retake UfaFort Krasnaia BetrayalReds Retake KrasnaiaDenikin Captures KharkovDenikin AdvancesSoviet Eastern AdvanceReds Take CheliabinskGrigoriev Killed by MakhnoFall of Soviet HungaryDenikin Breaks ThroughDenikin Holds TambovDenikin Seizes OdessaReds Evacuate KievDenikin Takes KievAnarchists Terrorise MoscowYudenich's Offensive on PetrogradDenikin Occupies OrelReds Retake OrelDefence of PetrogradReds Take OmskReds Occupy KurksSeventh Congress of SovietsReds Capture KharkovReds Take EkaterinoslavReds Take TsaritsinKolchak AbdicatesReds Capture Denikin's CapitalKolchak ArrestedAllies Raise BlockadePeace With EstoniaKolchak ExecutedMilitarisation of LabourWhites Fall in the NorthReds Occupy KubanDenikin RetreatsDenikin ResignsThird Congress of Trade UnionsReds Take BakuTenth Congress of the RCPPoles Enter KievGeorgian IndependenceWrangel's OffensiveBudenny's CavalryReds Retake KievReds Begin Polish OffensiveReds Occupy VilnaSecond Congress of the CominternPlans for Soviet PolandReds Take Brest-LitovskBattle of WarsawPolish VictoryRusso-Polish Peace NegotiationsPolish PeaceFinal Red OffensiveWrangel FleesReds Take CrimeaWhite Armies EvacuateThe Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade KautskyPeriods
February RevolutionCivil WarRussian Revolution
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