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An Annotated Timeline of Events Leading up to the Russian Revolution

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Russian Imperial Flag before Revolution

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Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra       

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Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra       

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Nicholas II's coronation was widely celebrated and filled with free souvenirs which made people stampede to get before it was sold out, killing 1,300. This event was known as the Khodynka Tragedy.

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Tsar Nicholas's Official Engagement Photot

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Also known as Marxism-Leninism, was the pro-active, political praxis of the Bolshevik group. The Bolsheviks' commitment to achieving revolution was a large advantage in out-manoeuvring political parties that advocated Social democracy.

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It all started with Bloody Sunday, an event where almost 1,000 people lost their lives when protesting governmental and economic problems. It then turned into a full-on Revolution for almost a whole year. In the end, victory was for the Imperial Government. Tsar Nicholas II retains the throne, a new constitution is enacted and the State of Duma was established.

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The Site of Bloody Sunday

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The controversial "Mad Priest" Grigori Rasputin was close friends to the Romanovs. He posed a threat to the family and people. After several failed attempts by the Felix Yuspov, he was finally successful and Rasputin was killed by three gunshot wounds and drowned in an

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Grigori Rasputin

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On June 28, 2014, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a member of a Radical group. To aid its ally, Russia joined the war that grew to become World War I.

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Assassination at Sarajevo

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In the First World War, Russia suffered large losses of lives. A number between 900,000 and 2,500,000 Russians were dead by the end of the 4-year war.

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With the help of the Red Army, the Bolshevik Revolutionaries overthrew Imperial Government and established Soviet Russia with Vladimir Lenin as the leader.

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Vladimir Lenin

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The Assassination of the Czar and his family

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The Assassination of the Czar and his family

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No longer monarchs, the Romanovs were held captives until their execution on July 17, 1918.

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The basement were the Romanov family was killed

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WWI ended and the Allies wanted to write a treaty to stop another war. Germany had to pay the reparations and decrease its military. Inflation ensued in Germany causing economic and political unrest eventually leading to the Second World War a few years later

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The Treaty of Versailles

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Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik group and founder of Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks promised "Peace, Land, and Bread" and "Power to the Soviets" which appealed to the people because they seemed democratic.

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Peace, Land, and Bread was the promise the Bolsheviks in the 1917 October Revolution made to the hungry people and soldiers when food rations became the unpopular norm.

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Peace, Land, and Bread poster

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The November Coup D'etat in 1918 was led by Alexander Kolchak. He overthrew the unpopular regional government and was sponsored by the British.

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Fallen soldiers of WWI

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Kerensky was one of prominent leaders in the Russian Revolution of 1917. He bridged the gap between these competing agencies of the revolution and was an articulate spokesman.

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Trotsky was a very influencing speaker. He also founded the Red Army when the Civil War broke out between the Bolsheviks and the Pro-Monarchists.

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The Revolution went on from "Bloody Sunday"(Sunday 22, 1905) to the 16th of June, 1907. The two year long fight for change ended but it was the start of major governmental change in Russia from Imperial government to a constitutional republic