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Russian Revolution of 1917

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31 December 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet Russia recognizes Finnish independence
27 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The banks are nationalized
22 December 1917 Belarus Russian Revolution of 1917 Peace negotiations open at Brest-Litovsk
20 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Cheka is established
15 December 1917 Belarus Russian Revolution of 1917 Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice
11 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet government orders the arrest of Cadet leaders
6 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Senior government salaries are limited
6 December 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Finland declares independence
4 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Citizens receive the right to recall elected representatives
1 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A Soviet government is established in Vladivostok
27 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Decree on Workers’ Control is adopted
25 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Voting begins for the Constituent Assembly
23 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Class estates and civil ranks are abolished
22 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Dukhonin is removed as commander-in-chief
20 November 1917 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1917 The Ukrainian People’s Republic is proclaimed
16 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet forces secure the Moscow Kremlin
16 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Sverdlov becomes chair of the Soviet executive
15 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia is issued
13 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet forces defeat Krasnov’s advance
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The eight-hour working day is decreed
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Military cadets rebel in Petrograd
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Vikzhel demands a broad socialist coalition
9 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky and Krasnov advance toward Petrograd
9 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet authority spreads to major cities
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Winter Palace is captured
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress adopts the Decree on Peace
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress adopts the Decree on Land
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A workers’ and peasants’ government is formed
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress abolishes capital punishment
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Revolutionary forces seize key state institutions
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Military Revolutionary Committee announces the government’s overthrow
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky leaves Petrograd
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government moves against Bolshevik newspapers
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Red Guards secure Petrograd’s bridges and strategic points
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin reaches the Smolny Institute
2 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The war minister demands immediate peace
1 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Factory committees support Soviet power
31 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kamenev and Zinoviev publicly oppose the uprising
25 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet creates the Military Revolutionary Committee
23 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik Central Committee approves an uprising
23 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks create a Politburo
20 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks walk out of the Pre-Parliament
19 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soldiers’ Soviet rejects government command
18 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks decide to leave the Pre-Parliament
8 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky is elected chairman of the Petrograd Soviet
6 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks approve Constituent Assembly candidates
1 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky orders the Baltic Fleet committee dissolved
1 October 1917 Uzbekistan Russian Revolution of 1917 The Tashkent Soviet takes local power
1 October 1917 Uzbekistan Russian Revolution of 1917 Government troops retake Tashkent
27 September 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin urges the Bolsheviks to assume power
27 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Democratic Conference opens
25 September 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin completes The State and Revolution
22 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet reaffirms its demand for Soviet government
21 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Baltic Fleet sailors reject government authority
18 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Moscow Soviet adopts a Bolshevik resolution
14 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Russia is proclaimed a republic
14 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet votes for Soviet power
13 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Kornilov movement collapses
10 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Railway workers obstruct Kornilov’s forces
10 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Agitators persuade Kornilov’s soldiers not to fight
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky dismisses Kornilov
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov sends troops toward Petrograd
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers organize armed resistance to Kornilov
8 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Cadet ministers leave the government
8 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government doubles the official grain price
4 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky requests a cavalry corps for Petrograd
3 September 1917 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1917 German forces occupy Riga
1 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov requests permission to move troops toward Petrograd
31 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet votes against the death penalty
27 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov demands stronger military rule
25 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Moscow State Conference opens
25 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Moscow workers strike against the State Conference
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik Sixth Congress opens
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks conclude that peaceful transfer is impossible
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The congress affirms democratic centralism
6 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky forms the second coalition government
31 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov becomes supreme commander
25 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The death penalty is restored at the front
25 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government intensifies political censorship
24 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin goes into hiding
21 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky becomes head of the Provisional Government
20 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government orders Lenin’s arrest
19 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt sailors retreat to the Peter and Paul Fortress
19 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin mediates the sailors’ disarmament
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Government forces destroy Pravda’s offices
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik headquarters is raided
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Mass arrests follow the July demonstrations
17 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A huge demonstration reaches the Tauride Palace
17 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Government forces attack demonstrators
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The July Days begin
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers join the armed demonstrations
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks support a peaceful presentation of demands
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Second Machine Gun Regiment demands Soviet power
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Third Infantry Regiment resists front deployment
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The First Machine Gun Regiment enters Petrograd
9 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Returning grenadiers join the Kronstadt movement
7 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Izvestia reports planned factory closures
6 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt anarchists demand prisoners’ release
4 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Putilov workers strike amid hunger and war
4 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Machine-gunners refuse unconditional deployment
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky launches a new military offensive
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Mass demonstrations demand peace and Soviet power
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Anarchists raid Petrograd prisons
24 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The demand to disarm Bolshevik workers is withdrawn
24 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet authorizes a demonstration for 18 June
23 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet bans a planned Bolshevik demonstration
18 June 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Finland’s parliament asserts sovereignty
18 June 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government moves against Finnish autonomy
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet Congress supports continued war
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress backs the Provisional Government
13 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 War Minister Guchkov resigns
13 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky becomes minister of war
30 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Kronstadt Soviet declares local authority
17 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky arrives in Petrograd
15 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Milyukov resigns from the government
14 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet approves coalition government
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Milyukov Note becomes public
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Armed anti-war demonstrations fill Petrograd
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks demand power for the soviets
1 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers celebrate May Day across Russia
1 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Milyukov promises the Allies continued war
25 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Freedom of association and assembly is legalized
17 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin presents the April Theses
16 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin returns to Petrograd
13 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Plekhanov returns after decades in exile
9 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government presents the war as national defence
3 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin’s Letters from Afar begin appearing
3 April 1917 Canada Russian Revolution of 1917 British authorities detain Trotsky in Canada
2 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Religious and ethnic restrictions are abolished
1 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government postpones land reform
31 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin joins the Soviet Executive Committee
30 March 1917 Poland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government refuses Polish independence
27 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet appeals for peace
27 March 1917 United States Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky leaves New York for revolutionary Russia
25 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin returns to Petrograd
25 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government abolishes the death penalty
22 March 1917 United States Russian Revolution of 1917 The United States recognizes the Provisional Government
21 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet creates a Contact Commission
21 March 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government rejects Finnish independence
19 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government grants a political amnesty
18 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Pravda resumes publication
16 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet orders Nicholas II’s arrest
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Nicholas II abdicates
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Grand Duke Michael declines the throne
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government is established
14 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet issues Order No. 1
14 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet recognizes the Duma committee conditionally
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Revolutionary forces take control in Moscow
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Tsarist ministers are arrested
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt sailors rise against their officers
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Izvestia publishes its first issue
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Volynsky Regiment mutinies
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Insurgent soldiers seize the Main Arsenal
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Political prisoners are freed from Kresty prison
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet is formed
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Duma leaders create a Provisional Committee
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Police arrest revolutionary organizers
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Troops fire on Petrograd demonstrators
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Pavlovsky soldiers rebel against repression
10 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Vyborg workers attack symbols of police authority
10 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 General Khabalov threatens to suppress demonstrations
9 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The strike expands to about 200,000 workers
9 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers fraternize with soldiers and Cossacks
8 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Women textile workers launch the February Revolution
8 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd strike reaches 128,000 workers
7 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Nicholas II leaves for military headquarters
7 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Putilov management locks out striking workers
27 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Ninety thousand Petrograd workers strike
27 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks call for the overthrow of the tsar
23 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Rodzianko warns Nicholas II of approaching upheaval
23 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks call a Petrograd anti-war strike
13 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Petrograd’s food stocks approach exhaustion
13 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Women challenge food shortages in Petrograd
8 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Police arrest the Workers’ Group
22 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Moscow workers commemorate Bloody Sunday
22 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A mass political strike spreads through Petrograd
14 January 1917 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1917 Russian troops resist the German offensive near Riga
14 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Desertion exposes the army’s deep crisis