📅 4 January 1905
The first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Vperyod appeared in Geneva, providing an organ for Lenin and his supporters during the growing revolutionary crisis. The source date is 22 December 1904...
📅 3 April 1917
Pravda published an abridged version of Lenin’s arguments that workers should not politically support the Provisional Government. The source date is 3/21/1917 Old Style.
📅 16 April 1917
Lenin arrived at Finland Station and was welcomed by workers, soldiers and Bolshevik supporters after years in exile. The source date is 4/3/1917 Old Style.
📅 17 April 1917
Lenin called for no support to the Provisional Government, an end to the imperialist war, land to the peasants and all power to the soviets. The source date is 4/4/1917 Old Style.
📅 3 May 1917
The Bolshevik leadership argued that replacing one minister would not end the crisis and called for a government based on the soviets. The source date is 4/20/1917 Old Style.
📅 16 June 1917
Hundreds of delegates assembled in Petrograd to debate war, land, state power and the relationship with the Provisional Government. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.
📅 16 June 1917
Most delegates endorsed continued military defence while calling for peace, rejecting the Bolshevik demand for an immediate break with government policy. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.
📅 23 June 1917
Soviet leaders prohibited an anti-government demonstration organized around demands for peace and Soviet power. The Bolsheviks accepted the ban. The source date is 6/10/1917 Old Style.
📅 1 July 1917
Hundreds of thousands marched in Petrograd and other cities under slogans including peace and all power to the soviets. The source date is 6/18/1917 Old Style.
📅 4 July 1917
Workers at the major armaments plant stopped work. Bolsheviks expressed support for their grievances while discouraging an isolated confrontation. The source date is 6/21/1917 Old Style.
📅 16 July 1917
Unable to stop the movement, Bolshevik leaders sought to keep it organized and direct elected delegations toward the Soviet leadership. The source date is 7/3/1917 Old Style.
📅 17 July 1917
Workers, soldiers and sailors gathered in their hundreds of thousands under the slogan ‘All power to the soviets.’ The source date is 7/4/1917 Old Style.
📅 18 July 1917
Government forces occupied the Kshesinskaya Palace, which had served as a headquarters for Bolshevik organizations. The source date is 7/5/1917 Old Style.
📅 20 July 1917
Authorities accused Lenin of acting for Germany and blamed the Bolsheviks for the July Days. The source date is 7/7/1917 Old Style.
📅 24 July 1917
Facing arrest, Lenin left Petrograd and continued political work clandestinely while the government pursued Bolshevik leaders. The source date is 7/11/1917 Old Style.
📅 25 September 1917
Writing in hiding, Lenin argued that workers could not simply take over the existing state machinery but needed a new form of power based on soviets. The source date is 12 September 1917 Old Style.
📅 27 September 1917
In letters to party leaders, Lenin argued that conditions now favoured a Soviet government. The source date is 14 September 1917 Old Style.
📅 6 October 1917
The party selected a national list that included Lenin and Stalin for the forthcoming election. The source date is 23 September 1917 Old Style.
📅 23 October 1917
After a clandestine debate, a majority endorsed Lenin’s proposal to prepare the overthrow of the Provisional Government. The source date is 10 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 23 October 1917
The Central Committee selected a smaller political bureau to help direct the party during the approaching confrontation. The source date is 10 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 31 October 1917
The two Bolsheviks disclosed their opposition in a non-Bolshevik newspaper, alerting the government to internal debate over insurrection. The source date is 18 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 6 November 1917
Lenin returned from hiding and joined the revolutionary headquarters as the transfer of power began. The source date is 24 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 7 November 1917
A proclamation to the citizens of Russia stated that the Provisional Government had been removed. The source date is 25 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 8 November 1917
The Soviet government called on all belligerent peoples and governments to negotiate an immediate peace without annexations or indemnities. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 8 November 1917
Landed estates were abolished without compensation and land was transferred for use under local peasant institutions. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 8 November 1917
The Congress established the Council of People’s Commissars with Lenin as chair and Trotsky responsible for foreign affairs. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.
📅 15 November 1917
The Soviet government proclaimed equality, sovereignty and the right of national self-determination, including secession. The source date is 2 November 1917 Old Style.
📅 22 November 1917
After refusing to begin armistice negotiations, General Nikolai Dukhonin was dismissed and replaced by Nikolai Krylenko. The source date is 9 November 1917 Old Style.
📅 25 November 1917
Millions participated in the first broadly democratic national election in Russian history, with Socialist Revolutionaries winning the largest overall share.
📅 27 November 1917
Elected factory and shop organizations received authority to supervise production, finances and business records.
📅 6 December 1917
The Soviet government restricted the pay of people’s commissars and high officials as part of its egalitarian programme. The source date is 23 November 1917 Old Style.
📅 27 December 1917
The Soviet government placed the banking system under state control as part of its transformation of property relations. The source date is 14 December 1917 Old Style.
📅 31 December 1917
Sovnarkom formally accepted Finland’s state independence under the principle of national self-determination.
