Workers and Peasants Red Army Decree
The Soviet government decrees creation of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on a voluntary basis.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Biography and Timeline — Page 8
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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1918
Constituent Assembly
Issues a decree abolishing the Constituent Assembly
Role range: 1917-1918
Constitution of Russia
Issues a decree abolishing the Constituent Assembly
Role range: 1917-1918
Church and State Separation
The Soviet government issues a decree separating church and state and removing the church's privileged legal position.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Confiscation of Church Property
Church property is confiscated & all religious instruction in the schools abolished
Role range: 1917-1918
Nationalization
Church property is confiscated & all religious instruction in the schools abolished
Role range: 1917-1918
Religious Instruction
Church property is confiscated & all religious instruction in the schools abolished
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Soviets
Repudiates foreign & domestic debts
Role range: 1917-1918
Calendar Reform Decree
The Soviet government adopts the Gregorian calendar, bringing Russian civil dating into line with Western Europe.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Relations are severed with Romania
Relations are severed with Romania
Role range: 1917-1918
Constitution of Russia
Declaration of the USSR
Role range: 1917-1918
Bolshevik Party
The Bolsheviks resolve that the Trades Unions become "organs of the socialist state"
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Soviets
Congress of Soviets makes the Declaration of Rights of the Toiling & Exploited People
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Trades Unions, 1st
Workers control is shifted from Factory Committee's to Trades Unions. The Bolsheviks resolve that the Trades Unions become "organs of the socialist state". Factory Committee's should be subject to the Alln Council of Workers control
Role range: 1917-1918
Conscription
Introduces "universal labor obligation"
Role range: 1917-1918
Declaration of Rights
Congress of Soviets makes the Declaration of Rights of the Toiling & Exploited People
Role range: 1917-1918
Nationalization
The 3rd All-Russian Congress proclaims factories, mines & transport state property. The Merchant Fleet is taken over by decree
Role range: 1917-1918
Reform of Workers Rights
Issues the "Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling & Exploited Masses"
Role range: 1917-1918
German Offensive Resumes
Lenin confronts renewed German military advances after the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations break down.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Capture of Dvinsk
The Germans capture Dvinsk after Lenin turns down their armistice proposals
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Capture of Lutsk
The Germans capture Lutsk after Lenin turns down their armistice proposals
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Invasion of Ukraine
The Germans advance into the Ukraine
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Lenins motion to the Central Comm to accept peace & not wait for revolution is passed
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
A decree by Lenin authorizes summary execution of opponents
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Execution
A decree by Lenin authorizes summary execution of opponents
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Finland
Germany claims the Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Ukraine
Germany claims the Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Socialist Fatherland
Lenins decree, "the Socialist fatherland in danger!" is issued
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Acceptance of German Peace Terms
Lenin secures Bolshevik acceptance of harsh German peace terms as enemy forces advance rapidly into former imperial territory.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Threatens to resign if German peace terms are not accepted. Argues that "the policy of revolutionary phrase making" is over
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Estonia
Estonias Independence Day, Estonia proclaims independence from Russia
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
A telegram accepting German proposals is sent to the Germans
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Peace
Germany and Austria force Russia to sign the Peace of Brest
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Estonia
Germany and Austria force Soviet Russia to sign the Peace of Brest, which calls for the establishment of 5 independent countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Latvia
Germany and Austria force Soviet Russia to sign the Peace of Brest, which calls for the establishment of 5 independent countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Lithuania
Germany and Austria force Soviet Russia to sign the Peace of Brest, which calls for the establishment of 5 independent countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Poland
Germany and Austria force Soviet Russia to sign the Peace of Brest, which calls for the establishment of 5 independent countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Rule of Ukraine
Germany and Austria force Russia to sign the Peace of Brest
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1924
Bolshevik Party
The Bolshevik Party is renamed the Russian Communist Party. Opening of the 7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Role range: 1917-1918
Congress of Bolsheviks, 7th
Opening of the 7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Role range: 1917-1918
Records, sources and methodology
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