Vice Chairman
Becomes vice chairman of the Petrograd Soviet.
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March
Party Organiser
Returns from Siberia and resumes Bolshevik organisation in Petrograd.
Party Organiser
Returns from Siberia and works with Bolsheviks in Petrograd.
Return to Petrograd
Returns from exile and influences Bolshevik Soviet tactics.
Return to Petrograd
Returns from exile and enters Bolshevik work around the Soviet.
Abdication
Forced to abdicate at his Russian front HQ at Pskov
Dual Power
Joins the government while retaining links with the Soviet.
Editorial Control
Returns from exile and helps edit the Bolshevik newspaper
Editorial Policy
Helps guide the paper's cautious early revolutionary line
Foreign Secretary of Russia
Appointed Foreign Minister
Minister of Justice
Appointed Minister of Justice
Amnesty
Supports amnesty for political prisoners after February.
Declaration of War
Defines Russias war aims
Lenins Letters from Afar, are published, though highly
Lenins Letters from Afar, are published, though highly abridged
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief by the Provisional Government
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief by the Provisional Government
Nationalization
The Provisional Government introduces state monopoly on the grain trade
Provisional Government
Appointed Commander in Chief by the Provisional Government
Provisional Government
Appointed Commander in Chief by the Provisional Government
Provisional Government
The Provisional Government introduces state monopoly on the grain trade
Death Penalty Abolished
Supports abolition of the death penalty after the revolution.
Exile of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky leaves exile in New York to return to Russia
Arrest of Nicholas II
March-August, under arrest at Tsarskoye Selo
Commander of Army
Appointed Comander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
Commander of Army
Appointed Comander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
Exile of Nicholas II
Britain withdraws offer to provide asylum for the Imperial family
Legal Reform
Backs reforms intended to democratise courts and prisons.
Petrograd Garrison
Tries to restore discipline among revolutionary soldiers.
Petrograd Soviet
Supports cooperation with the Provisional Government.
Petrograd Soviet Policy
Tsereteli supports moderate socialist policies within the Petrograd Soviet.
Transition from Trudovik Politics
Kerensky's Trudovik parliamentary career gives way to senior revolutionary office as he enters the new political order created after the fall of the monarchy.
April
Bolshevik Party
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
Bolshevik Party
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
Congress of Soviets
Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reforms
Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev
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
Exile of Joseph Stalin
At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd
Exile of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
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
Exile of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd
Return from Switzerland
Lenin arrives at Finland Station after returning from exile and immediately challenges support for the Provisional Government.
April Theses
Rejects Lenin's demand for Soviet power.
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