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Bolshevik Party

Russia · Revolution / Revolution of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

68Records
1905–1923Date range
18Named people
7Places

Chronological records

1905

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Bazarov1905

Saint Petersburg · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Supports the Bolsheviks

1917

Nicolas II10 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war

Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko10 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war

Nicholas II14 February 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik Petrograd Committee calls on workers to overthrow the Tsar

Nicholas II14 February 1917

Taurida Palace · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The strike called by the Bolsheviks continues, while a Menshevik called strike begins to show support for the Duma at Taurida Palace (as opposed to the Tsar), which opens a new session

Leon Trotsky24 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov26 February 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Submits a draft manifesto to the Russian bureau of Central Committee. Includes proposals for a Constituent Assembly & universal male suffrage

Nicholas II26 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

General Khabalov's soldiers, acting under the Tsar's orders, open fire on striking workers, 169 workers are killed & over 1,000 injured

Nicholas II26 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The police launch wide scale arrests of over 100 leaders of revolutionary organisations, including the Bolsheviks

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov28 February 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin3 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev3 April 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin4 April 1917

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

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin4 April 1917

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.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin4 April 1917

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.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin4 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power

Joseph Stalin4 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

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 Alln Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin21 April 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow

Joseph Stalin24 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the 7th Alln Conference of the Bolshevik Party

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin28 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard

Lvov6 June 1917

Kronstadt · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik led Kronstadt revolt is put down by the Provisional Government

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin10 June 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks hold back from a coup

Lvov1 July 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Orders the arrest of leading Bolsheviks

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks decide to provide leadership to the movement in order to give it an organized and peaceful character so during the afternoon of 17 July a peaceful demonstration of 500,000 workers soldiers

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The demands which the workers and soldiers take to the streets with in the July Days are influenced by the Bolshevik Party All Power to the Soviets.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The demonstration is organized by the Bolshevik Military Organisation without initial authorization from the Central Committee after pressure from rank and file soldiers.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

and sailors under the slogan All Power to the Soviets is held

Leon Trotsky17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

This record states: Both Trotsky and Zinoviev argued that the street protests remain peaceful so the Bolshevik Military Organisation organize the demonstration.

Leon Trotsky17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

This record states: Coming out in support of the street demonstrations.

Leon Trotsky17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

This record states: Mobilizing reinforcements from the front lines and dispatching armored cars to capture key posts including bridges and the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Leon Trotsky17 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

This record states: Under the pressure of what seemed like a developing mass demonstration of workers and soldiers in the streets, the leadership of the Bolshevik Military Organisation, the Petersburg Committee and later on the Central Committee, reversed their decision.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin19 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed

Joseph Stalin26 July 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party

Joseph Stalin3 August 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks

Joseph Stalin23 September 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin

Lev Borisovich Kamenev11 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Circulates a letter to Bolshevik organisations arguing against "armed insurrection"

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin11 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin11 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens. The Bolshevik Congress forms a "Northern Regional Committee"

Joseph Stalin16 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party Stalin sharply criticizes the speeches of the traitors Kamenev and Zinoviev on the question of armed insurrection

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin24 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin26 October 1917

Saint Petersburg · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninOctober 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of Second All Congress of Soviets

Grigory Yevseyevich ZinovievOctober 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky2 November 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks gain Moscow

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin25 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks win 175 seats out of 707. In the Constituent Assembly elections the Bolsheviks win 9.8 of 41.7 million votes

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin27 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bolsheviks decree the creation of Workers Committee's at placres of work

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninDecember 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies

Alexis Nikolayevich1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Executed with other members of his familly by the Bolsheviks during the Revolution

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies. The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of Second All Congress of Soviets. Publication of "Will The Bolsheviks Retain State Power?"

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising. Resigns after Lenin decides to form a Bolshevik Government but is re-instated

1918

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin5 January 1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Constituent Assembly in which the Bolsheviks are a minority meets for one day before being suppressed

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninJanuary 1918

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks resolve that the Trades Unions become "organs of the socialist state"

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin6 March 1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik Party is renamed the Russian Communist Party. Opening of the 7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin7 March 1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Peoples Courts are introduced

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin9 March 1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Cuts links with the discredited Social Democratic Party. 7th Congress resolution changes the name of the Bolshevik Party to the Communist Party

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninMarch 1918

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik Government moves to Moscow

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin9 May 1918

Kolpino · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bolshevik troops open fire on workers protesting at food shortages in the town of Kolpino

FedorovnaMay 1918

Alapaevsk · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna is executed by the Bolsheviks. Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna is arrested by the Bolsheviks

MikhailovichMay 1918

Alapaevsk · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is arrested by the Bolsheviks

PaleiMay 1918

Alapaevsk · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Vladimir Pavlovich Palei is executed by the Bolsheviks. Vladimir Pavlovich Palei is arrested by the Bolsheviks

Mikhailovich17 July 1918

Alapaevsk · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is executed by the Bolsheviks

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin5 September 1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Launch of the red terror to massacre prisoners & hostages throughout Bolshevik Russia

Nicolai Avksentyev1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Bolsheviks arrest SR Party members elected to the Constituent Assembly

Roman Malinovsky1918

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Tried by a Bolshevik Revolutionary Tribunal & executed for being an Okhrana informer

1919

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin25 February 1919

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Cheka closes down Vsegda Vpered, marks a return to despotic rule by Bolsheviks

1921

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin28 February 1921

Kronstadt · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors

1923

Leon TrotskyMay 1923

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Trotsky described Zinovievs and Kamenevs opposition to the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917, something that the two would have preferred to be left unmentioned

Names involved

Alexander Fedorovich KerenskyAlexis NikolayevichFedorovnaGrigory Yevseyevich ZinovievJoseph StalinLeon TrotskyLev Borisovich KamenevLvovMikhail Vladimirovich RodziankoMikhailovichNicholas IINicolai AvksentyevNicolas IIPaleiRoman MalinovskyVladimir Aleksandrovich BazarovVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninVyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov

Provenance

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