Russian Revolution Timeline Assignment
Directions: Create a timeline in which you put these events in
chronological order and make some descriptive notes about each one.
1. Bolshevik Revolution topples provisional government
2. Bolsheviks change name to Communist Party
3. Centuries of autocratic rule by the czars
4. Civil War between Red and White Armies
5. Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
6. Dissatisfied workers organize strike
7. Lenin establishes New Economic Policy (NEP)
8. Lenin Returns to Russia
9. Lenin suffers stroke
10. March Revolution
11. Nicholas II becomes Czar of Russia
12. Provisional government is established
13. Revolution of 1905—Bloody Sunday
14. Revolutionary movements begin and compete for power
15. Russia enters World War I
16. Russia is organized into several self-governing republics
17. Russia loses war with Japan
18. Stalin becomes Dictator
19. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia’s involvement in WWI