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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Follow Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin through 499 dated historical records for Russia.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1917

Exile of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Chairman of Council Commissars · Byelo-Ostrov Station · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Calls for all power to pass to the Soviets.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Presentation of April Theses

Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin presents the April Theses, rejecting support for the Provisional Government and demanding transfer of power to the Soviets.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Asserts that Russia is "passing from the first stage of the revolutionwhich, owing to the insufficient class consciousness and organisation of the proletariat, placed power in the hands of the bourgeoisieto its second stage, which must place power in the hands of the proletariat and

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Condemns the Provisional Government as bourgeois and urges "no support" for it, as "the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear" & condemns World War I as a "predatory imperialist war" and the "revolutionary defensism" of foreign social democrat parties, calling for

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

In Russian the "Aprelskiye Tezisy", the April Theses formed a programme developed by Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution in which Lenin calls for Soviet control of the state & When published the theses contributed to the July Days rising and to the subsequent coup

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin delivers his April Thesis, states that Russia will become a republic of soviets.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin succeeded in persuading the Bolsheviks of his arguments as laid out in the April Theses and they provided much of the ideological groundwork that later led to the October Revolution.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

revolutionary defeatism.

Role range: 1917-1918

April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

the poorest sections of the peasants"

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

In Russian the "Aprelskiye Tezisy", the April Theses formed a programme developed by Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution in which Lenin calls for Soviet control of the state & When published the theses contributed to the July Days rising and to the subsequent coup

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin succeeded in persuading the Bolsheviks of his arguments as laid out in the April Theses and they provided much of the ideological groundwork that later led to the October Revolution.

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies.

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power

Role range: 1917-1918

Comintern

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

In the April Theses Lenin calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919. Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919

Role range: 1917-1918

International, 3rd

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

In the April Theses Lenin calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919. Calls for a new "revolutionary International, an International against the social-chauvinists and against the Center" which later becomes the Comintern (Third International) formed in 1919

Role range: 1917-1918

Pravda

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The April Theses are published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and read by Lenin at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Role range: 1917-1918

Provisional Government

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Condemns the Provisional Government as bourgeois and urges "no support" for it, as "the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear" & condemns World War I as a "predatory imperialist war" and the "revolutionary defensism" of foreign social democrat parties, calling for revolutionary defeatism

Role range: 1917-1918

The April Theses

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Publication of "The April Theses"

Role range: 1917-1918

July Days

Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

His April Theses help shape slogans later used during the July Days.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Miliukov Note

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / World War, 1st

In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924

April Days

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / World War, 1st

Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow

Role range: 1917-1918

Demonstrations

Chairman of Council Commissars · Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard

Role range: 1917-1918

Mobilization

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard

Role range: 1917-1918

Chairman

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

Role range: 1917-1918

Menshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

Role range: 1917-1918

Pravda

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

Role range: 1917-1918

Chairman

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / Military

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

Menshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / Military

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

Pravda

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / Military

Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda

All Power to the Soviets

Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bolsheviks use Soviet meetings to press their slogan.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Menshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the Government

Role range: 1917-1918

Resignation of Paul Miliukov

Chairman of Council Commissars · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the Government

Role range: 1917-1918

April Days

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / World War, 1st

Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the Government

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924

Menshevik Party

Chairman of Council Commissars · Warfare / World War, 1st

Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the Government

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924

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