All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reforms

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

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

1st Alln Congress of Soviets opens

Stalin attends the sittings of the First Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

The First Alln Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee

The First Alln Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee

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"

The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets

The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens

The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets

The 2nd alln Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets. Declares the Provisional Government deposed

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Trotsky presides as Soviet delegates approve the transfer of power.

The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets

The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets

Lenin becomes chairman of the Council of People's Commissars created by the Second Congress of Soviets.

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

The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of Second All Congress of Soviets. Power is given to the 2nd Congress of Soviets but withdrawn after Lenins opposition

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

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

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?"

Delegate at the 2nd Congress of Soviets

Proclaims the Soviet Russian Republic. Passes the "declaration of the rights of the toiling & exploited masses"

Sverdlov presides as the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets consolidates Bolshevik authority after the Constituent Assembly's dissolution.

Repudiates foreign & domestic debts

Congress of Soviets makes the Declaration of Rights of the Toiling & Exploited People

Congress of Soviets makes the Declaration of Rights of the Toiling & Exploited People

The 3rd Congress of Soviets ratifies the Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Lenin secures ratification of the Brest-Litovsk treaty by the Fourth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.

Sverdlov presides when the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens amid growing conflict with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.

The Congress of Soviets cede their primacy of power to the Government