Russian revolution timeline by Leif Giardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w en-us 2021-04-19 18:29:56 UTC 2025-12-28 18:13:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 19th century Russia leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434648487 2021-04-19 18:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434648487 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434670555 The Romanovs controlled the Russian Empire in the 19th century.
Most people made their living in Russia through agriculture.
Serfdom was finally abolished in Russia in 1861.]]> 2021-04-19 18:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434670555 Nicholas II takes control, 1894 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434684900 2021-04-19 18:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434684900 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434700820 Nicholas became Czar in 1894.
Russia was not as industrial capable as the rest of Western Europe.
The result of increasing industrial production for the poor meant less pay and longer hours.]]> 2021-04-19 18:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434700820 Bloody Sunday, January 9, 1905 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434768899 2021-04-19 18:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434768899 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434788272 The people at Winter Palace got shot when they asked Czar for help.
In a petition presented to Nicholas II the people asked for more food and more money.]]> 2021-04-19 19:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434788272 Nicholas abolishes the Duma, 1906 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434808669 2021-04-19 19:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434808669 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434815644 The Dumas supported a constitutional monarchy and put the real power of Russia in the hands of democratically elected Dumas.
Nicholas apposed the Duma because they restricted his power.
The sovereign were able to approve or disapprove laws, they could also declare war or peace. ]]> 2021-04-19 19:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1434815644 WW1 begins, July 1914 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435423985 2021-04-19 22:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435423985 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435427073 Before WW1 Russia was allied with France, Britain, and Siberia.
The  Austrians got mad at the Serbians because a Serbian man named Gavrillo Princip killed the archduke to the Austrian throne.
The serbs ask the Russians for help because they say it is impossible to defend themselves.]]> 2021-04-19 22:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435427073 Czar Nicholas takes command of the army, 1915 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435448414 2021-04-19 22:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435448414 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435449617 Some problems facing the Russian people were that they were in a desperate need of food and supplies, as well as their people kept dying.
Nicholas was convinced that the battle situation was serious enough to take control of his troops when the enemy had penetrated into the interior of the Empire.
1,700,000 Russians died during this war and 2,500,000 went missing.]]> 2021-04-19 22:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435449617 Rasputin and the Czarnia, 1916 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435458226 2021-04-19 22:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435458226 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435462497 When Nicholas went to war he left his brother to be in control of the country.
Rasputin had so much influence over the Czarina because she believed he was the only one that could save her son.
Czarina did not listen to her advisors about Rasputin.
To kill Rasputin, he was poisoned, shot multiple times, and thrown in a river.]]> 2021-04-19 23:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435462497 Revolution of March 1917 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435472815 2021-04-19 23:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435472815 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435474338 In order to show their unhappiness, workers went on strike.
With violence, troops reacted by not keeping order and joining the rioters
Abdicating the throne means to give up power.
Nicholas gave the throne to the Grand Duke Micheal Alexandrovich.]]> 2021-04-19 23:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435474338 Provisional Government takes over, Spring 1917 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435491830 2021-04-19 23:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435491830 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435493553 Provisional leadership hoped to set up a democracy.
The provisional government had to struggle to keep power.
The power was not handed to the bourgeoisie rich because it would be a sever blow to the revolution.]]> 2021-04-19 23:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435493553 The Bolsheviks return, Spring 1917 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435501454 2021-04-19 23:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435501454 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435502918 The Bolsheviks were the communist followers of Karl Marx in Russia.
Communism appealed to the poor because they had little to loose.
Lenin promised peace, land, and bread.
Lenin told the people on October 24, 1917 to take over St. Petersburg.]]> 2021-04-19 23:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435502918 The Bolsheviks take power, Revolution of October 1917 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435514511 2021-04-19 23:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435514511 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435521372 Lenin and his followers began to take over St. Petersburg, the provisional government collapsed and its leader fled the city.
The red army supported the Bolsheviks and the white army supported the Anti-Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks maintained there power by stopping acts of counter revolution and sabotage.]]> 2021-04-19 23:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435521372 End of WW1 for Russia, March 1918 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435527224 2021-04-19 23:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435527224 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435532542 Russians lost territory including Poland, Finland, and Ukraine when signing a treaty.
It took a couple months for the Germans to finally surrender to the Allies.
The purpose of the Treaty of Brest-Litovosk was to end fighting and bring peace.]]> 2021-04-19 23:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435532542 Death of Nicholas II and his family, July 1918 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435538071 2021-04-19 23:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435538071 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435731269 The royal family got moved to Ekaterinburg because the white Army threatened their safety.
The royal family was shot, burned with acid, and thrown down a well.
The heir Alexi was the last one alive before he got shot.]]> 2021-04-20 00:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435731269 Creation of the USSR, 1922 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435741783 2021-04-20 01:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435741783 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435745032 The new name of Russia under Lenin was the Union Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR.
It included new countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.]]> 2021-04-20 01:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435745032 End of the Russian Civil War, 1922 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435752317 2021-04-20 01:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435752317 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435754530 The Red Army and the Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War.
The war caused about 15 million deaths and famines/droughts got very bad.]]> 2021-04-20 01:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435754530 Death of Lenin, 1924 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435772879 2021-04-20 01:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435772879 leifgiardino https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435774796 Lenin was bedridden in the last year of his reign because he had a bullet in his jaw and neck as well as having strokes and his health decreasing.
Josef Stalin took control of the USSR in 1924.
Lenin ruled for over 30 years.]]> 2021-04-20 01:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/leifgiardino/namtd03o851jvj9w/wish/1435774796