WWI and Russian Revolution

By paodllz

  • 1914

    1914
    June 28: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
    July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; World War I begins.
    August: Germany invades Belgium and France; the United Kingdom joins the war.

  • 1915

    1915
    Germany intensifies submarine warfare, sinking the Lusitania.
    Russia suffers defeats against Germany on the Eastern Front.

  • 1916

    1916
    Battle of Verdun and Battle of the Somme, two of the war’s bloodiest battles. Discontent grows in Russia due to war losses and economic crisis.

  • 1917 - Russian Revolution

    1917 - Russian Revolution
    February: February Revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas II abdicates, and a Provisional Government is established.
    April: Lenin returns to Russia and publishes his April Theses.
    July: Failed Bolshevik coup attempt.
    October: October Revolution: Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seize power.

  • 1918

    1918
    March 3: Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, withdrawing from World War I.
    July: Tsar Nicholas II and his family are executed.
    November 11: End of World War I with the armistice.
    Beginning of the Russian Civil War between Bolsheviks (Reds) and anti-Bolsheviks (Whites).

  • 1919

    1919
    June 28: Treaty of Versailles is signed, imposing harsh penalties on Germany.
    The Bolsheviks strengthen control over Russia.

  • 1920

    1920
    The main conflicts of the Russian Civil War come to an end.

  • 1921

    1921
    March: Lenin introduces the New Economic Policy (NEP).
    The Russian Civil War ends, consolidating Bolshevik power.