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| Abdication of Alexander Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich |  |
| Feb Supervises the Tsar's abdication |
| Feb Supervises the Tsar's abdication during February Revolution |
| Abdication of Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 4th Mar Issues his abdication manifesto |
| 4th Mar Nicholas ' abdication manifesto is made public |
| 15th Mar Forced to abdicateat his Russian front HQ at Pskov |
| Alliance Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Cannot get Menshevik leaders to leave the coalition with the Provisional Government |
| All Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers & Sold's Deps Stalin, Joseph | |
| 4th April Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the All-Russian Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses |
| 24th April Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the Seventh All-Russian Conference of the Bolshevik Party |
| 3rd June Stalin attends the sittings of the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee |
| 25th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| April Days, The Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 20th April Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations |
| May Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the government |
| April Days, The Miliukov, Paul | |
| 20th April Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations |
| April Theses Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 4th April Lenin delivers his April Thesis, states that Russia will become a republic of soviets |
| Armistice Joffe, Adolf Abromovich | |
| 20th Nov 20 November-3 December, heads the Russian armistice negotiations |
| 15th Dec Germany retains it's captured territories |
| Armistice Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilevich | |
| 26th Nov Sends delegates across the German lines to request an armistice |
| 27th Nov The German high command agrees to armistice negotiations to begin on 2 Dec |
| Armistice Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 17th Nov The Bolsheviks call for an armistice on all fronts |
| Armistice Trotsky, Leon | |
| 15th Dec A 28 day armistice is signed with the Central Powers |
| 16th Dec The 28 day armistice with the Central Powers begins |
| Arrest of Bolsheviks Lvov | |
| 1st July Orders the arrest of leading Bolsheviks |
| Arrest of Denikin Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| 2nd Dec Bykhov Escapes from prison in Bykhov & heads for the Don by train |
| Arrest of Kornilov Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 2nd Dec Bykhov Escapes from prison in Bykhov & heads for the Don |
| Arrest of Lvov Lvov | |
| 26th Aug Moscow Conveys Kornilov's "ultimatum" to Kerensky & is arrested |
| Arrest of Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 3rd Feb Petrograd The Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet orders the arrest of Nicholas II |
| Mar March-August, under arrest at Tsarskoe Selo |
| 8th Mar Bids farewell to his army officers & departs for Tsarkoe Selo under arrest |
| 8th Mar Tsarkoe Selo Bids farewell to his Army Officers & heads for Tsarkoe Selo |
| 2nd June Arrested at Tiflis on a plotting charge |
| 31st July Taken with his family to Tobolsk |
| Aug Tobolsk Under arrest at Tobolsk in Siberia from August for 8 months |
| Arrest of Trotsky Trotsky, Leon | |
| 3rd July Workers and soldiers in Petrograd demand the Soviet takes power, sporadic fighting results and the Soviet restores order with troops brought back from the front, Trotsky is arrested & Lenin goes into hiding |
| Battle of Riga Kornilov, Lavr Georgyevich | |
| 1st Sep Riga Defends Riga from German attack by but rereats along the River Dvina |
| 2nd Sep Riga Riga is evacuated |
| Bolshevik Party Bagirov Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich | |
| Baku Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party in Baku |
| Brusilov Brusilov, Alexy | |
| 1st July The Russians defeat the Austrians but the Germans again come to their rescue |
| 3rd Sep Riga The Germans capture Riga |
| 3rd Dec Brest Litovsk The Russian Army has disintegrated & Lenin seeks an armistice at Brest-Litovsk |
| Cadet Party Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 1st Dec Outlaws the Cadet Party |
| Capture of Halicz Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 10th July Halicz Captues Halicz & 2,000 PoWs |
| Capture of Kremlin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 26th Oct Kremlin The Military Revolutionary Council troops seize the Kremlin |
| Capture of Moscow Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 25th Oct Moscow Completes the occupation of Moscow |
| Capture of Petrograd Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 24th Oct Petrograd The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers |
| 25th Oct Petrograd Declares the triumph of the workers & peasants revolution in Petrograd |
| 8th Nov Petrograd The Soviets sieze power in Petrograd |
| Capture of Winter Palace Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg The military revolutionary Council troops seize the Winter Palace |
| Central Committee Stalin, Joseph | |
| 3rd Aug Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks |
| Central Executive Committee Dan, Fedor Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Deputy Chair of the Central Executive Committee, VTsIK |
| Central Executive Committee Stalin, Joseph | |
| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee |
| Chairman Council Commissars Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 10th May Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda |
| 26th Oct Appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars |
| Chairman Lugansk Soviet Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Lugansk Appointed Chairman of the Lugansk Soviet, 2nd term |
| Chairman Petrograd Soviet Chkheidze, Nikolai | |
| 12th Mar The workers of the Petrograd factories elect Chkheidze as Chairman of their Soviet |
| Cheka DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich | |
| 20th Dec Forms the Cheka, the Soviet secret police which becomes an instrument of terror |
| 20th Dec Instructed by Lenin to combat counter-revolution |
| Cheka Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich | |
| Dec Appointed Member of the Collegium of the Cheka |
| Cheka Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution & Sabatage |
| Chief of Staff Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| 15th Sep Stavka Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Chief of Staff Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to the Provisional Government |
| Feb Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Provisional Government |
| Chief of Staff Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Serves under Mikhail Alekseyev of the provisional Government |
| Comintern Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Founded after the dissolving of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Lenin led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" governments |
| The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the Third International |
| Commander 5th Army Danilov, Yuri | |
| Appointed Commander of the 5th Army |
| Commander in Chief Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| 25th Mar Appointed Commander-in-Chief by the Provisional Government |
| 1st Sep Appointed as Commander-in-Chief, 2nd term, recalled |
| Commander in Chief Brusilov, Alexy | |
| 22nd May Appointed Commander-in-Chief by the provisional government |
| Commander in Chief Dukhonin, Nikolai Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander in Chief Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 18th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander in Chief Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilevich | |
| 25th Nov Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander in Chief Trotsky, Leon | |
| 21st Nov Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander in Chief Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| April Dimissed by the provisional government |
| Commander Russian Army Alekseyev, Mikhail Vasilyevich | |
| Mar Appointed Comander-in-Chief of the Russian Army |
| Commander Western Front Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Western Front |
| Commissar Dybenko, Paul Yefimovich | |
| Appointed Commissar of the Soviet Navy |
| Communist Party SU Bulganin Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Symphony No 1" |
| Conference of Brest Litovsk Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 29th Nov Brest Litovsk The German Chancellor welcomes Lenin's peace proposals |
| 10th Dec Brest Litovsk Drafts the peace proposals for the Brest-Litovsk negotiations |
| Conference of Brest Litovsk Trotsky, Leon | |
| Dec Brest Litovsk A letter intercepted from Trotsky to a partisan indicates Russia is playing for time |
| 22nd Dec Brest Litovsk Talks resume at Brest-Litovsk |
| Congress of All Russian Peasant Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Address es the All-Russian Peasant Congress |
| Congress of Mensheviks Chernov, Viktor Mikhaylovich | |
| Dec Congress of Socialist Revolutionaries results in victory for the left under Chernov |
| Congress of Mensheviks Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Dec Menshevik Congress gives victory to Martov's Menshevik internationalists |
| Congress of RSDLP 6th Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th July Sixth Congress of the RSDLP occurs, representing 240,000 party members, since Lenin is in hiding, Stalin delivers the report on the work of the Central Committee, the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible |
| Congress of Soviets, 1st Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 3rd April Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reforms |
| 3rd June 1st All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens |
| Congress of Soviets, 2nd Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich | |
| Delegate at the 2nd Congress of Soviets |
| Congress of Soviets, 2nd Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Oct Power is given to the 2nd Congress of Soviets but withdrawn after Lenin's opposition |
| Oct The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of 2nd All-Russia Congress of Soviets |
| 11th Oct The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets |
| Congress of Soviets Nth Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 11th Oct Petrograd The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens |
| Congress of the Bolshevik Party, 6th Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th July Stalin and Sverdlov direct the Sixth Congress of the Bolshevik Party |
| Constituent Assembly Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 9th Aug Moscow The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly elections for 12 Nov |
| Constitution Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 9th Aug Moscow The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly elections for 12 Nov |
| 26th Aug Moscow Assumes dictatorial powers & dismisses Kornilov |
| Constitution Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| In the April Theses states that Russia will become a republic of soviets |
| 3rd June The First All-Russia Congress of Workers and Soldiers Soviets opens |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 26th Oct Congress approves the the Council of People's Commissars |
| Dec A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies |
| Constitution Rodzianko, Mikhail Vladimirovich | |
| 2nd Mar Moscow Duma & Soviet representitives reach agreement on the basis of an 8 point program |
| Coup d'Etat Chernov, Viktor Mikhaylovich | |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
| Coup d'Etat Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| 11th Oct Circulates a letter to Bolshevik organizations arguing against "armed insurrection" |
| Coup d'Etat Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Petrograd Fulfils Lenin's prediction that there will be a right wing coup |
| Petrograd Kornilov attempts a Coup in Petrograd |
| Petrograd Overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution |
| 25th Oct Petrograd Escapes from the Winter Palace dressed up as a female nurse |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
| Coup d'Etat Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
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