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| Abdication of Alexander Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich |  |
| Feb Supervises the Tsar 's abdication
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| Feb Supervises the Tsar 's abdication during February Revolution
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| Abdication of Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 4th Mar Issues his abdication manifesto
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| 4th Mar Nicholas' abdication manifesto is made public
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| 15th Mar Forced to abdicate at his Russian front HQ at Pskov
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| Abolition of Death Penalty Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 27th Oct The Death Penalty is abolished
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| Abolition of Death Penalty Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 27th Oct The Death Penalty abolished
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| Abolition of Monarchy Lvov | |
| 3rd Mar Moscow The Provisional Government meets Michael & persuades him to reject the crown
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| Abolition of Monarchy Michael | |
| 3rd Mar Moscow The Provisional Government meets Michael & persuades him to reject the crown
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| 4th Mar Moscow Michael's renunciation of the throne is made public
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| Abolition of Police Dept Lvov | |
| 4th Mar Moscow The Police Department is abolished
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| Alliance of Russia Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Cannot get Menshevik leaders to leave the coalition with the Provisional Government
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| 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
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| 24th April Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the Seventh All-Russian Conference of the Bolshevik Party
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| 3rd June Stalin attends the sittings of the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
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| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Orleans
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| 25th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
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| April Days, The Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 20th April Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations
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| May Milyukov resigns, members of the Menshevik s and the Socialist Revolution aries join the Government
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| April Days, The Miliukov, Paul | |
| 20th April Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations
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| April Theses Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 4th April Lenin delivers his April Thesis, states that Russia will become a republic of soviets
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| Armistice of Russia Joffe, Adolf Abromovich | |
| 20th Nov 20 November-3 December, heads the Russian armistice negotiations
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| 15th Dec Germany retains it's capture d territories
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| Armistice of Russia Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilevich | |
| 26th Nov Sends delegates across the German lines to request an armistice
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| 27th Nov The German high command agrees to armistice negotiations to begin on 2 Dec
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| Armistice of Russia Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 17th Nov The Bolshevik s call for an armistice on all fronts
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| Armistice of Russia Trotsky, Leon | |
| 15th Dec A 28 day armistice is signed with the Central Powers
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| 16th Dec The 28 day armistice with the Central Powers begins
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| Arrest of Bolsheviks Lvov | |
| 1st July Orders the arrest of leading Bolshevik s
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| Arrest of Denikin Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| 2nd Dec Bykhov Escapes from prison in Bykhov & heads for the Don by train
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| Arrest of Kornilov Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 2nd Dec Bykhov Escapes from prison in Bykhov & heads for the Don
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| Arrest of Lvov Lvov | |
| 26th Aug Moscow Conveys Kornilov's "ultimatum" to Kerensky & is arrested
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| Arrest of Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 3rd Feb Petrograd The Executive Orleans of the Petrograd Soviet orders the arrest of Nicholas II
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| Mar March-August, under arrest at Tsar skoe Selo
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| 8th Mar Bids farewell to his army officers & departs for Tsar koe Selo under arrest
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| 8th Mar Tsarkoe Selo Bids farewell to his Army Officers & heads for Tsar koe Selo
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| 2nd June Arrested at Tiflis on a plotting charge
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| 31st July Taken with his family to Tobolsk
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| Aug Tobolsk Under arrest at Tobolsk in Siberia from August for 8 months
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| 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
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| Ban of Cadet Party Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 1st Dec Outlaws the Cadet Party
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| Battle of Riga Kornilov, Lavr Georgyevich | |
| 1st Sep Riga Defends Riga from German attack by but rereats along the River Dvina
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| 2nd Sep Riga Riga is evacuated
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| Bolshevik Party Bagirov Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich | |
| Baku Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party in Baku
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| Capture of Halicz Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 10th July Halicz Captues Halicz & 2,000 PoWs
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| Capture of Kremlin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 26th Oct Kremlin The Military Revolution ary Council troops seize the Kremlin
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| Capture of Moscow Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 25th Oct Moscow Completes the occupation of Moscow
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| Capture of Petrograd Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 24th Oct Petrograd The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers
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| 25th Oct Petrograd Declares the triumph of the workers & peasants revolution in Petrograd
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| 8th Nov Petrograd The Soviets sieze power in Petrograd
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| Capture of Winter Palace Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg The military revolution ary Council troops seize the Winter Palace
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| Central Committee of the Bolsheviks Stalin, Joseph | |
| 3rd Aug Stalin is elected to the Central Orleans of the Bolshevik s
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| Central Executive Committee Stalin, Joseph | |
| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Orleans
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| Chairman Council Commissars Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 10th May Offers the "internationalist" Menshevik s a place on the editorial board of Pravda
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| 10th May Offers the "internationalist" Menshevik s a place on the editorial board of Pravda
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| 26th Oct Appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
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| 26th Oct Appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
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| Chairman Lugansk Soviet Voroshilov Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Lugansk Appointed Chairman of the Lugansk Soviet, 2nd term
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| Chairman Petrograd Soviet Chkheidze, Nikolai | |
| 12th Mar The workers of the Petrograd factories elect Chkheidze as Chairman of their Soviet
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| 12th Mar The workers of the Petrograd factories elect Chkheidze as Chairman of their Soviet
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| Cheka DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich | |
| 20th Dec Forms the Cheka, the Soviet secret police which becomes an instrument of terror
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| 20th Dec Instructed by Lenin to combat counter-revolution
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| Cheka Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich | |
| Dec Appointed Member of the Collegium of the Cheka
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| Cheka Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution & Sabatage
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| Chief of Staff Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| 15th Sep Stavka Appointed Chief-of-Staff
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| 15th Sep Stavka Appointed Chief-of-Staff
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| Chief of Staff Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to the Provisional Government
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| Feb Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Provisional Government
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| Chief of Staff Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Serves under Mikhail Alekseyev of the provisional Government
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| Serves under Mikhail Alekseyev of the provisional Government
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| 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" Government s
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| The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the Third International
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| Commander 5th Army Danilov, Yuri | |
| Appointed Commander of the 5th Army
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| Appointed Commander of the 5th Army
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| Commander in Chief Alexeiev, Mikhail Vasilevich | |
| 25th Mar Appointed Commander -in-Chief by the Provisional Government
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| 25th Mar Appointed Commander -in-Chief by the Provisional Government
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| 1st Sep Appointed as Commander -in-Chief, 2nd term, recalled
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| 1st Sep Appointed as Commander -in-Chief, 2nd term, recalled
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| Commander in Chief Brusilov, Alexy | |
| 22nd May Appointed Commander -in-Chief by the provisional Government
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| 22nd May Appointed Commander -in-Chief by the provisional Government
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| Commander in Chief Dukhonin, Nikolai Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| Commander in Chief Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 18th July Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| 18th July Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| Commander in Chief Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilevich | |
| 25th Nov Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| 25th Nov Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| Commander in Chief Trotsky, Leon | |
| 21st Nov Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| 21st Nov Appointed Commander -in-Chief
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| Commander in Chief Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| April Dimissed by the provisional Government
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| April Dimissed by the provisional Government
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| Commander Russian Army Alekseyev, Mikhail Vasilyevich | |
| Mar Appointed Comander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
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| Mar Appointed Comander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
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| Commander Western Front Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Western Front
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| Appointed Commander of the Western Front
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| Commissar Soviet Navy Dybenko Dybenko, Paul Yefimovich | |
| Appointed Commissar of the Soviet Navy
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| Commissar Soviet Navy Dybenko, Paul Yefimovich | |
| Appointed Commissar of the Soviet Navy
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| Communist Party SU Bulganin Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Communist Party
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| Appointed Member of the Communist Party
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| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Symphony No 1"
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| Conference of Brest Litovsk Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 29th Nov Brest Litovsk The German Chancellor welcomes Lenin's peace proposals
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| 10th Dec Brest Litovsk Drafts the peace proposals for the Brest-Litovsk negotiations
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| Conference of Brest Litovsk Trotsky, Leon | |
| Dec Brest Litovsk A letter intercepted from Trotsky to a partisan indicates Russia is playing for time
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| 22nd Dec Brest Litovsk Talks resume at Brest-Litovsk
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| Congress of All Russian Peasant Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Addresses the All-Russian Peasant Congress
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| Congress of Mensheviks Chernov, Viktor Mikhaylovich | |
| Dec Congress of Socialist Revolution aries results in victory for the left under Chernov
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| Congress of Mensheviks Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Dec Menshevik Congress gives victory to Martov's Menshevik internationalists
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| 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 Orleans , the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible
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| Congress of Soviets, 1st Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 3rd April Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reform s
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| 3rd June 1st All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens
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| Congress of Soviets, 2nd Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich | |
| Delegate at the 2nd Congress of Soviets
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| Congress of Soviets, 2nd Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Oct Power is given to the 2nd Congress of Soviets but withdrawn after Lenin's opposition
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| Oct The Bolshevik s overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of 2nd All-Russia Congress of Soviets
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| 11th Oct The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets
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| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets
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| 26th Oct St Petersburg The Bolshevik s open the 2nd Congress of Soviets
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| Congress of Soviets Nth Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 11th Oct Petrograd The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens
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| Congress of the Bolshevik Party, 6th Stalin, Joseph | |
| 26th July Stalin and Sverdlov direct the Sixth Congress of the Bolshevik Party
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| Constituent Assembly Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 9th Aug Moscow The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly election s for 12 Nov
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| Constitution of Russia Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 9th Aug Moscow The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly election s for 12 Nov
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| 26th Aug Moscow Assumes dictatorial powers & dismisses Kornilov
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| Constitution of Russia Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| In the April Theses states that Russia will become a republic of soviets
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| 3rd June The First All-Russia Congress of Workers and Soldiers Soviets opens
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| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets
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| 26th Oct Congress approves the the Council of People's Commissars
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| Dec A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies
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| Constitution of Russia Rodzianko, Mikhail Vladimirovich | |
| 2nd Mar Moscow Duma & Soviet representitives reach agreement on the basis of an 8 point program
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia 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 Revolution aries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| 11th Oct Circulates a letter to Bolshevik organizations arguing against "armed insurrection"
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Petrograd Fulfils Lenin's prediction that there will be a right wing coup
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| Petrograd Kornilov attempts a coup in Petrograd
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| Petrograd Overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution
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| 25th Oct Petrograd Escapes from the Winter Palace dressed up as a female nurse
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| 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 Revolution aries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia 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 Revolution aries resigns from the Government denouncing Kerensky for complicity
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 10th June The Bolshevik s hold back from a coup
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| 12th Sep Writes to the Central Orleans saying that the time is ripe for the seizure of power
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| 14th Sep Revives the slogan "all power to the Soviets"
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| 15th Sep Does not receive a reply from the Central Comm & threatens to resign
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| 15th Sep Writes to the Central Orleans a for a 2nd time urging it to seize power
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| 29th Sep The Bolshevik Central Orleans votes in favor of an armed seizure of power
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| 29th Sep Writes to the Central Comm for a 3rd time saying the time is ripe for seizure of power
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| 10th Oct The Central Orleans votes 10 to 2 for armed insurrection
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| 25th Oct Declares the Provisional Government deposed
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| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets
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| 8th Nov Moscow Overthrows the Kerensky Government
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich |
