Supports the Bolsheviks
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Supports the Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war
The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war
The Bolshevik Petrograd Committee calls on workers to overthrow the Tsar
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
Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks
Submits a draft manifesto to the Russian bureau of Central Committee. Includes proposals for a Constituent Assembly & universal male suffrage
General Khabalov's soldiers, acting under the Tsar's orders, open fire on striking workers, 169 workers are killed & over 1,000 injured
The police launch wide scale arrests of over 100 leaders of revolutionary organisations, including the Bolsheviks
Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia
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
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
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
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.
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.
of October 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power
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
1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow
Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the 7th Alln Conference of the Bolshevik Party
The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard
The Bolshevik led Kronstadt revolt is put down by the Provisional Government
The Bolsheviks hold back from a coup
Orders the arrest of leading Bolsheviks
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
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.
The demonstration is organized by the Bolshevik Military Organisation without initial authorization from the Central Committee after pressure from rank and file soldiers.
and sailors under the slogan All Power to the Soviets is held
This record states: Both Trotsky and Zinoviev argued that the street protests remain peaceful so the Bolshevik Military Organisation organize the demonstration.
This record states: Coming out in support of the street demonstrations.
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.
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.
The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed
Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks
The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin
Circulates a letter to Bolshevik organisations arguing against "armed insurrection"
The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets
The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens. The Bolshevik Congress forms a "Northern Regional Committee"
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
The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers
The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets
The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of Second All Congress of Soviets
Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising
The Bolsheviks gain Moscow
The Bolsheviks win 175 seats out of 707. In the Constituent Assembly elections the Bolsheviks win 9.8 of 41.7 million votes
Bolsheviks decree the creation of Workers Committee's at placres of work
A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies
Executed with other members of his familly by the Bolsheviks during the Revolution
Overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution
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?"
Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising. Resigns after Lenin decides to form a Bolshevik Government but is re-instated
The Constituent Assembly in which the Bolsheviks are a minority meets for one day before being suppressed
The Bolsheviks resolve that the Trades Unions become "organs of the socialist state"
The Bolshevik Party is renamed the Russian Communist Party. Opening of the 7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Peoples Courts are introduced
Cuts links with the discredited Social Democratic Party. 7th Congress resolution changes the name of the Bolshevik Party to the Communist Party
The Bolshevik Government moves to Moscow
Bolshevik troops open fire on workers protesting at food shortages in the town of Kolpino
Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna is executed by the Bolsheviks. Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna is arrested by the Bolsheviks
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is arrested by the Bolsheviks
Vladimir Pavlovich Palei is executed by the Bolsheviks. Vladimir Pavlovich Palei is arrested by the Bolsheviks
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich is executed by the Bolsheviks
Launch of the red terror to massacre prisoners & hostages throughout Bolshevik Russia
Bolsheviks arrest SR Party members elected to the Constituent Assembly
Tried by a Bolshevik Revolutionary Tribunal & executed for being an Okhrana informer
The Cheka closes down Vsegda Vpered, marks a return to despotic rule by Bolsheviks
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
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
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