RUSSIAN REVOLUTION TIMELINE

1917 Czar Nicholas II surrenders. A

provisional republic is established.Bolsheviks seize power.

1918 Bolsheviks change their name to The

Communist Party 1918-1920

Red Army, led by Trotsky, defeats Whites in the Civil war.

Lenin becomes leader of Soviet Union (Russia).

1924Lenin grows ill and dies. Stalin and Trotsky compete for power.

Stalin uses lies and manipulation. 1925

Trotsky is exiled and Stalin becomes leader.

1928Farmers refuse to surrender their food;

Stalin crushes the revolt. 1932

Massive famine in Soviet Union (now called Russia).

1933 Soviets begin limited trading with the West.

1934-38Stalin uses secret police to eliminate

opposition. 1939

Stalin signs Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler. 1940

Germans invade Soviet Union. Russians stop the invasion but suffer heavy losses.

Trotsky is assassinated. 1943

Roosevelt, Churchill, and other Western leaders meet with Stalin.