Bolshevik Party
Mobilizing reinforcements from the front lines and dispatching armored cars to capture key posts including bridges and the Peter and Paul Fortress.
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July
Bolshevik Party
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.
July Days
Orders action against leading Bolsheviks after accusing them of inciting revolt.
July Days
Anti-government demonstrations also spread beyond Petrograd to Moscow and other cities.
July Days
Bolsheviks try to give the mass movement a more organised and peaceful direction.
July Days
Government troops fire on demonstrators and the Soviet supports punitive measures.
July Days
The Bolshevik Military Organisation helps organise the armed demonstration.
July Days
The Central Committee tries to restrain the developing street movement.
July Days
Workers and soldiers march under the slogan All Power to the Soviets.
July Days
Bolshevik leaders reverse course and support the mass demonstrations.
July Days
Trotsky argues that street protests should remain peaceful and disciplined.
July Days
Trotsky supports Central Committee efforts to restrain the movement.
Lenin Arrest Order
Orders Lenin and other Bolsheviks arrested after the July Days.
Menshevik Party
The military authorities send troops against the demonstration, leaving more than 700 people killed and wounded & the SRs and Mensheviks support punitive measures against the July Days insurgents. The Mensheviks oppose the demonstrations during the July Days
Petersburg Committee
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, coming out in support of the street demonstrations
Provisional Government
A new provisional Government is set up with Kerensky at its head
Appointment as Supreme Commander
Kornilov becomes supreme commander and presses for stronger measures to restore discipline in the armed forces.
Bolshevik Party
The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed
July Days
An arrest order forces Lenin underground after Bolshevik offices are attacked.
Kornilov Appointment
Appoints Kornilov commander in chief despite Soviet unease.
Pravda
The offices and printing plant of Pravda and the headquarters of the Bolshevik Central Committee are destroyed
Provisional Government
The Provisional Government issues an order for the arrest of Lenin, who is forced to go underground
Supreme Commander
Receives growing support from officers after becoming army leader.
July Days
Becomes head of a reorganised Provisional Government after the crisis.
July Days Repression
Uses the July Days aftermath to move against Bolshevik leaders.
Kerensky Offensive
The failed offensive helps clear his path to become prime minister.
Prime Minister of Russia
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia
Prime Minister of Russia
Becomes head of the Provisional Government after Lvov resigns.
Arrest after July Days
Is arrested after defending the Bolsheviks.
Coalition Government
Forms a new coalition government after the July crisis.
Post-July Soviet
Moderate Soviet leaders briefly recover authority.
Bolshevik Party
Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Congress of Bolsheviks, 6th
Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Congress of RSDLP 6th
Sixth Congress of the RSDLP occurs, representing 240,000 party members, since Lenin is in hiding, Stalin delivers the report on the work of the Central Committee, the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible
Arrest of Nicholas II
Taken with his family to Tobolsk
Commander in Chief
Replaces Brusilov as commander in chief of the Russian army.
Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev
Forced into exile to Finland during the July Days
August
Death Penalty Debate
Calls for harsh measures to restore discipline at the front.
Bolshevik Party
Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks
Central Committee
Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks
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