Peaceful demonstation of workers led by Father Gapon attacked by Cossacks. Mainly to assert Tsar's authority. Led to strikes and riots. Workers and soldiers got together to create the Soviets to represent them. Tsar published 'October Manifesto'
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22nd Feb 1917
Putilov locked 20,000 out of factory after pay talks break out.
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23rd Feb1917
50 factories closed down. 90,000 workers on strike. Thousands socialist women on the street (international woman's day)
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25th Feb1917
250,000 workers stiking. No transport, food, newspapers
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26th Feb1917
Gov paralysed. Tsar orders shooting. Does not stop revolution
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27th Feb 1917
Soldiers leave barracks to go to Petrograd. Sergeant shoots commanding officer.
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28th Feb 1917
Tsar asks to share power with Duma. They say it's too late.
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1st march 1917
No army support. Tsar tries to return to take control.
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2nd March 1917
Revolution stops Tsar's train 250km from Petrograd. Tsar abdicates gives to brother, he abdicates. Russis is a Republic.
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1915
Tsar became personal commander of Russian Army. Leaving German Tsarina with the disliked Rasputin.
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1914-1917
Russia at war with Germany. Massive defeats. Tannenburg. Overall 1,170,000 troops lost. Shotages of weapons had 4 mil rifles not all had bullets, 6.5 mil fighting
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1917 April
April Theses. Lenin returns from Finland. Peace bread land. All power to the soviets (get rid of the Prov Gov)
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1917 August
Kornilov attempts to overthrow Prov Gov because PG wanted to continue War. Kerensky (head of the PG had no army defend petrograd so gives guns to Bolshviks asks help. Strike @ railway stoppped Kornilov for Petrograd. Bolshviks keep guns- powerful.
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July 1917
July Days. Bolsheviks and sailors attempt to overthrow PG. War was going bad. Kerensky sent in troops to break demonstrations and takes over PM from Prince Lvov. 60,000 russian troops died.
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1918 - 1921
War Communism. Make sure army fed and equipt in war. Told factories what to produce. Cheka forced to give grain. Banned Private trading. Death penalty given to strikers.
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Dec 1917
Lenin made Secret Police - Cheka. Tortured/executed/arrested disloyalty to Bolsh. Approx 300,000 deaths between 1917 - 1924
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August 1918
Social revolutionary shot Lenin 3 times. CHEKA stepped up = RED TERROR.
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Night July 16- 17 1918
Bolshevik police murdered Tsar family. Killed with revolvers. Stabbed with beyonets then shot close range in the head. Happened in half cellar room. Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg. Bodies buried secretly in countryside.
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1916
Rasputin Murdered by two nobelmen
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1918 March
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.. Pull out of War. Russia lost 27% of farmland. 27% population (62mil)
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November 1917
Constituent Assmbly. Controlled by Lenin. He lost majority. Dessolved elections as most votes went to social revolutionaries. He wanted to keep power, used force. Jan 1918 sent troops dessolve assembly after 1 day.
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1918
Bolshviks renamed the communist party
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1918
Trotsky made chairmen of the supreme war council.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Peaceful demonstation of workers led by Father Gapon attacked by Cossacks. Mainly to assert Tsar's authority. Led to strikes and riots. Workers and soldiers got together to create the Soviets to represent them. Tsar published 'October Manifesto'
Back
1905
Card 3
Front
Putilov locked 20,000 out of factory after pay talks break out.
Back
Card 4
Front
50 factories closed down. 90,000 workers on strike. Thousands socialist women on the street (international woman's day)
Back
Card 5
Front
250,000 workers stiking. No transport, food, newspapers
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