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