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Russia Dates
| event | date |
|---|---|
| Bolsheviks attempt to take control of the country, but fail. Lenin flees to Finland | July 1917 |
| Kornilov revolt | September 1917 |
| Bolshevik revolution begins | 24th October 1917 |
| All-Russian Congress of Soviets give power to Soviet Council of People's Commissar's | 26th October 1917 |
| Red Guards close down the Assembly | January 1918 |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | March 1918 |
| Government moved from Petrograd to Moscow | 1918 |
| Germany defeated by Western Allies | 1918 |
| Civil War span | 1918-1921 |
| Red Army defeated by Poles outside Warsaw | late 1920 |
| Royal family executed | 1918 |
| 'Red Terror' ends | 1922 |
| Food shortages begin | 1920 |
| Famine begins | 1921 |
| Kronstadt naval base mutiny | February 1921 |
| NEP introduced | 1921 |
| Industrial and food production reach same level as 1914 | 1928 |
| 'Purge' of party members | 1921 |
| Lenin outlines plans to overthrow PG | April 1917 |
| Lenin has a stroke | 1922 |
| Lenin dies | 1924 |