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

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1917Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1917

Lev Borisovich Kamenev13 March 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Returns from exile and influences Bolshevik Soviet tactics.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin13 March 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Returns from exile and enters Bolshevik work around the Soviet.

Leon Trotsky4 May 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Returns to Petrograd after release from British detention and immediately re-enters revolutionary politics.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin24 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Returns secretly as the Soviet-backed uprising begins.

Names involved

Joseph Vissarionovich StalinLeon TrotskyLev Borisovich KamenevVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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