Russian Revolution
March 8, 1917 – June 16, 1923 · Petrograd
Political and social upheaval in Russia beginning in 1917. The February Revolution forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate for a Provisional Government; in October, Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks seized power and founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The 1918-1922 civil war between Bolshevik Reds and anti-Bolshevik Whites ended with the creation of the Soviet Union.
Key people
Participants
Battles and events 3
- February Revolution March 8–16, 1917
- July Days July 1917
- October Revolution November 7–8, 1917
Before and after
- Followed from
- World War I July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
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