The Russian Revolution
From the fall of the tsar to the founding of the Soviet Union, 1917 to 1922. Dates are in the Western calendar, which Russia adopted in February 1918; the old dates that name the revolutions are in the notes.
A timeline of 16 events from 1917 to 1922, by stevejeffery1703, on Timeline Source.
Events
- Revolution and civil war: Mar 8, 1917 – Dec 30, 1922
- February Revolution begins: Mar 8, 1917
- Nicholas II abdicates: Mar 15, 1917
- Provisional Government: Mar 15, 1917 – Nov 8, 1917
- Lenin returns to Petrograd: Apr 16, 1917
- July Days: Jul 16, 1917 – Jul 20, 1917
- Kornilov affair: Sep 9, 1917 – Sep 13, 1917
- October Revolution: Nov 7, 1917
- Civil war: Nov 7, 1917 – Oct 25, 1922
- Constituent Assembly dispersed: Jan 19, 1918
- Western calendar adopted: Feb 14, 1918
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Mar 3, 1918
- The imperial family killed: Jul 17, 1918
- Kronstadt rebellion: Mar 1, 1921 – Mar 18, 1921
- New Economic Policy: Mar 21, 1921
- Soviet Union founded: Dec 30, 1922