1917Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd

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🗳️ Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Emerge from RSDLP Split

JulyAugust: In Russia the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks form from the breakup of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.
Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Emerge from RSDLP Split (1903)
SocialismMarxismRussian RevolutionBolsheviksVladimir LeninPolitical PartiesIdeologyPolitical Division
RussiaRussia

🩸 Bloody Sunday: St. Petersburg Massacre Sparks Revolution

January 22: The Revolution of 1905 in Russia erupts.
Bloody Sunday: St. Petersburg Massacre Sparks Revolution (1905)
RevolutionTsar Nicholas IIProtestPolitical UnrestAutocracySocial Reform
RussiaRussia

🇷🇺 Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd

Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd (1917)
Russian RevolutionBolsheviksVladimir LeninSoviet UnionCommunismSocialismCivil War
RussiaRussia

🇷🇺 February Revolution Overthrows Russian Empire

February Revolution Overthrows Russian Empire (1917)
Russian RevolutionRussian EmpireTsar Nicholas IICivil WarBolsheviksWorld War IPolitical InstabilityRevolution
RussiaRussia

🔪 Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Family

Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Family (1918)
Russian RevolutionRomanov DynastyBolsheviksCivil WarCommunismPolitical ViolenceMonarchyWorld War I
RussiaRussia

⚰️ Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle

January 21: The death of Vladimir Lenin triggers power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle (1924)
CommunismSoviet UnionPolitical IntrigueLeon TrotskyJoseph StalinRussian RevolutionTotalitarianismDictatorshipIdeology
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