Bolshevik Party
The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed
Role range: 1917-1918
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Biography and Timeline — Page 5
Follow Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin through 499 dated historical records for Russia.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, historical timeline
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1917–1917Years on this page
1917
Pravda
The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed
Role range: 1917-1918
Provisional Government
The Provisional Government issues an order for the arrest of Lenin, who is forced to go underground
Role range: 1917-1918
Bolshevik Recovery
Bolshevik recovery inside Soviets strengthens his position.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Coup
Writes to the Central Committee saying that the time is ripe for the seizure of power
Role range: 1917-1918
All Power to the Soviets
Revives the slogan "all power to the Soviets"
Role range: 1917-1918
Coup
Revives the slogan "all power to the Soviets"
Role range: 1917-1918
Coup
Writes to the Central Committee a for a 2nd time urging it to seize power. Does not receive a reply from the Central Comm & threatens to resign
Role range: 1917-1918
Insurrection Letters
Urges Bolsheviks to prepare seizure of power through Soviet organs.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bolshevik Majority
Lenin's party benefits as the Petrograd Soviet moves leftward.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bolshevik Majority
The Bolsheviks win control of the Petrograd Soviet.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bolshevik Majority
The Bolsheviks win majority influence within the Petrograd Soviet.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Petrograd Soviet
Bolshevik influence grows after the July repression weakens moderate socialists.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Petrograd Soviet
Lenin's party gains influence as the Soviet moves toward Bolshevik control.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Labour Service
States that after capitalism "universal labour service" is the order of the day
Role range: 1917-1918
Return from Finland
Lenin secretly returns to Petrograd to press the Bolshevik leadership toward an immediate armed seizure of power.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Central Committee Insurrection Vote
Lenin persuades the Bolshevik Central Committee to approve preparations for an armed insurrection.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Coup
The Central Committee votes 10 to 2 for armed insurrection
Role range: 1917-1918
October Revolution
Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenins resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising
Role range: 1917-1918
Bolshevik Party
The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets
Role range: 1917-1918
Bolshevik Party
The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens. The Bolshevik Congress forms a "Northern Regional Committee"
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Soviets
The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Soviets
The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens
Role range: 1917-1918
Northern Regional Committee
The Bolshevik Congress forms a "Northern Regional Committee"
Role range: 1917-1918
MRC
Approves the creation of the Military Revolutionary Committee
Role range: 1917-1918
Negotiations
Declares military staff to be "Counter revolutionary"
Role range: 1917-1918
Negotiations
23-24 October, negotiates with the military staff
Role range: 1917-1918
Return to Petrograd
Returns secretly as the Soviet-backed uprising begins.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bolshevik Party
The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers
Role range: 1917-1918
Capture of Petrograd
The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers
Role range: 1917-1918
October Revolution
Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising
Role range: 1917-1918
Capture of Moscow
Completes the occupation of Moscow
Role range: 1917-1918
Capture of Petrograd
Declares the triumph of the workers & peasants revolution in Petrograd
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Soviets
The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets
Role range: 1917-1918
Constitution of Russia
The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets
Role range: 1917-1918
Coup
The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets. Declares the Provisional Government deposed
Role range: 1917-1918
October Revolution
Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies
Role range: 1917-1918
Provisional Government Declared Overthrown
Lenin announces that the Provisional Government has been overthrown as the Bolsheviks consolidate control of Petrograd.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Provisional Government
Declares the Provisional Government deposed
Role range: 1917-1918
Council of People's Commissars
Becomes head of the new Soviet government.
Role range: 1917-1936 – 1917-1917
Records, sources and methodology
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