✦ History

Russian Revolution

March 8, 1917 – June 16, 1923

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.

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Battles and events 3

March 8–16, 1917
February Revolution Petrograd Nicholas II of Russia, Alexander Kerensky, Nicholas Golitsyn
July 1917
July Days Saint Petersburg
November 7–8, 1917
October Revolution Petrograd Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Alexander Kerensky

Key commanders

Russian Empire and allies 4

Nicholas II of Russia Tsar of Russia, Abdicated 15 March 1917 Nicholas Golitsyn belligerent leader Alexander Kutepov belligerent leader Sergey Khabalov military commander

Revolutionaries 4

Alexander Kerensky Minister of the Provisional Government Georgy Lvov belligerent leader Viktor Chernov belligerent leader Yury Lomonosov belligerent leader

Bolsheviks 4

Vladimir Lenin Leader of the Bolsheviks Leon Trotsky Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet's Military Revolutionary Committee Yakov Sverdlov Chairman of the Bolshevik Party Secretariat, Key organizer of the insurrection Felix Dzerzhinsky Bolshevik organizer, Released from tsarist prison by the February Revolution; active in the October insurrection

Provisional Government 2

Alexander Kerensky Head of the Provisional Government, Deposed by the insurrection Pyotr Krasnov military commander, led the Cossack advance on Petrograd for Kerensky

Other 1

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia named emperor; deferred to the Provisional Government