Bolshevik Party in 1917

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

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

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

Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia

Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia

Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia

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

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

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

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

The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard

The Bolsheviks hold back from a coup

Remains underground as the Bolshevik Party retreats tactically.

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 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 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

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. A Party Centre, headed by Stalin, is elected to direct the uprising

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

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

Opening of the 7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party

The Bolshevik Party is renamed the Russian Communist 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

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

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

Joins the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Civil War.