Northern Regional Government
Chaikovsky heads an anti-Bolshevik regional government formed at Archangel after Soviet authority collapses in the city.
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1918 in Russia — Page 6
Explore 308 historical events and records for Russia in 1918.
Historical records for Russia in 1918
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August
Battle of Orel
Defeats the White Russian forces of Denekin
Mobilization
A train is constructed for Trotsky to command the Red Army
Capture of Kazan
The White Army has captured Kazan & Trotsky mobilizes his command train to relieve it
Mobilization
Leaves Moscows in his command train, "a flying apparatus of administration"
Siege of Kazan
"The fate of the revolution hangs in the balance". Arrives at Svyazk to go to the relief of Kazan
Offensive
Orders anti German troops to the Volga
Siege of Tsaritswyn
Declares the Siege of Tsaritswyn
Treaty of Russo-German
Supplementary Russo-German Treaty is signed with secret clauses
Assassination Attempt on Lenin
Lenin is seriously wounded by gunfire after addressing workers at the Michelson factory in Moscow.
Assassination of Moisei Solomonovich UritskII
The head of the Petrograd cheka is assassinated
Cheka
The head of the Petrograd cheka is assassinated
Death of Moisei Solomonovich UritskII
The head of the Petrograd cheka is assassinated
Plot
Attempts to assassinate Lenin for being a traitor to the Revolution
Plot
One bullet hits his neck & another hits his collarbone. An attempt on Lenins life as 3 shots are fired during an address at a labour rally
Rebellion of Socialist Revolutionaries
Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries
Rebellion of Socialist Revolutionaries
Helps suppress the rebellion of the Socialist Revolutionaries
September
Cheka
The Petrograd Cheka Chief is assassinated
Rebellion of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev
Incites the soldiers. Announces, "bourgoisie kill separate individuals but we kill whole classes"
Rebellion of Rebels in Petrograd
The Red Army search for suspects & Kronstadt sailors shoot 500 hostages. The Petrograd Cheka Chief is assassinated
Red Army
The Red Army search for suspects & Kronstadt sailors shoot 500 hostages
Death of Fanya Kaplan
Death of Fanya Kaplan, executed
Execution
Commandant of Kremlin, Malkov, executes Kaplan for attempting to assassinate Lenin
Execution
Malkov executes Kaplan for attempting to assassinate Lenin
Bolshevik Party
Launch of the red terror to massacre prisoners & hostages throughout Bolshevik Russia
Red Terror
Launch of the red terror to massacre prisoners & hostages throughout Bolshevik Russia
Red Terror Decree
The Soviet government formally announces the Red Terror amid civil-war violence and attacks on Bolshevik leaders.
Capture of Kazan
Commands the re-capture of Kazan from the White Army
Capture of Simbirsk
Commands the re-capture of Simbirsk from the White Army
Ufa Directory Formed
Avksentiev becomes chairman of the five-member Directory created at Ufa to unite major anti-Bolshevik governments.
Death of Mikhail Alexeiev
Alexeiev dies while serving as a senior leader of the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army in southern Russia.
Red Terror
Leads Petrograd politics during the harsh civil war climate.
October
International Revolution
Lenin writes to Sverdlov & Trotsky saying that international revolution is imminent & urges preparations for a 3 million man Army
Death of Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev
Death of Mikhail Vasilevich Alexeiev, heart attack
Economy of Russia
All domestic trade is nationalized
Nationalization
Shops are closed & their inventory used for barter with the peasants. All domestic trade is nationalized
Registration Directorate
Appointed as the first Head of the Registration Directorate, later to be known as the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Registration Directorate
The predecessr of the GRU is created under the sponsorship of Leon Trotsky, who was then the civilian leader of the Red Army; it was originally known as the Registration Directorate. Given the task of handling all military intelligence, particularly the collection of intelligence of military or political significance from sources outside the Soviet Union
November
War and Navy Minister at Omsk
Kolchak enters the anti-Bolshevik government at Omsk as minister of war and navy.
Brest-Litovsk Treaty Annulled
The Soviet government annuls the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk after Germany's defeat in the First World War.
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