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| 1870 | Birth |  |
| 22nd April Simbirsk Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, in a provincial town on the Volga |
| 1893 | RSDRP Lenin | |
| St Petersburg Joins an underground Social Democratic circle called "the elders" in St Petersburg |
| 1895 | Arrest | |
| 20th Dec St Petersburg Arrested with Martov by the Okhrana for publishing propaganda |
| 20th Dec St Petersburg Sent to St Petersburg for 2 years |
| 1897 | Exile of Lenin | |
| Sushenskoe Banished to the village of Sushenskoe for spreading revolutionary propaganda |
| 1898 | RSDP | |
| Minsk 1st all-Russian Congress of Social Democratic organizations proclaim the RSDP |
| 1900 | Arrest | |
| St Petersburg Arrested in St Petersburg & held for 3 weeks |
| 1900 | Exile of Lenin | |
| St Petersburg Authorities fail to confiscate his exit visa |
| St Petersburg Joins colleagues in Switzerland & forms Iskra |
| 1900 | Iskra | |
| Authorities fail to confiscate his exit visa, gets to Switzerland & forms Iskra |
| Joins colleagues in Switzerland & forms Iskra |
| 24th Dec Leipzig 1st issue of Iskra rolls off the secret Social Democratic press in Leipzig |
| 24th Dec Leipzig 1st printed for distribution by underground network Party agents inside Russia |
| 24th Dec Drew up plans for an oversees newspaper, "The Spark", which has its first publication |
| 1900 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "The Aims of Russian Social Democrats" |
| 1901 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "The Development of Capitalism in Russia" |
| 1902 | Congress of RSDRP | |
| Mar London An Organizational Committee for the Congress is formed |
| 1902 | Exile of Lenin | |
| April Kings Cross Arrives in England |
| April Kings Cross Lenin's flat houses the Iskra editorial board & secretariat |
| April Kings Cross Lives in an unfurnished rented 2-room appartment 30 Holford Sqr, King's Cross Road |
| 1902 | Manifesto RSDRP | |
| 1st June Munich Includes "the dictatorship of the proletariat" |
| 1st June Munich The Manifesto for the RSDRP is published in Iskra |
| 1902 | Publication | |
| Mar Publication of, "What Is to Be Done?", uses the name "Lenin" for the 1st time |
| 1902 | Reform | |
| Siberia Advocates elite SDP activists to spearhead the revolution in Russia |
| Outlines relations between Party intelectuals & workers |
| States doctrine of the "professional revolutionist" |
| 1902 | Speech | |
| Mar London Gives a speech to the Jewish Branch of the Democratic Federation |
| 1903 | Bolshevik Party | |
| Wants the SDP to be a vanguard party |
| 1903 | Congress of SDP | |
| July London Mensheviks get their version of rule 1 accepted, right wingers resign |
| July London The party is left with a Bolshevik majority |
| July London Wants rule 1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| 17th July Brussels Opening day of the 2nd Congress |
| 18th July London The Congress is forced to move to London |
| 29th July London The 2nd Congress re-opens in Southgate Rd, London |
| 1903 | Constitution | |
| July London Wnats rule 1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| 1903 | Exile of Lenin | |
| April Geneva Moves from London to Geneva |
| 1903 | Health | |
| Suffers from St Anthony's fire |
| 1903 | International Socialist Congress | |
| The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks |
| 1903 | Iskra | |
| Geneva Run by Lenin, Plekhanov, Martov, Potresov, Zasulich & Axelrod |
| Geneva The London office joins Geneva |
| 1903 | Reform | |
| Geneva Martov decides to move the RSDRP HQ from London to Geneva, despite Lenin's objections |
| 1904 | Central Committee | |
| Appointed Joint representitive of the Central Committee abroad with Noske |
| 1904 | Exile of Lenin | |
| 2nd Sep Returns to Geneva & lives at 91 Rue de Carouge |
| 1904 | Publication | |
| 22nd Dec Publication of, "Forward", Lenin's Bolshevik rival to Iskra |
| 1905 | Congress of SDP | |
| 25th April London Held 25 April-10 May |
| 25th April London onvened by Lenin who believes that revolution is imminent |
| 25th April The Congress is only attended by the Bolsheviks |
| 1905 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Two Tactics of Social Democracy" |
| 1907 | Trades Unions | |
| Announces neutrality of trades unions is "indefensible" |
| 1912 | Arrest | |
| 26th July Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien |
| 6th Aug Cracow Released by the Austrians because he is an "enemy of tsarism" |
| 1912 | Bolshevik Party | |
| The Bolshevik Party formally separated from the Social Democratic Party |
| The final split between the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks |
| 1912 | Exile of Lenin | |
| Cracow Spends 2 yrs in Cracow |
| 19th Aug Vienna Leaves Vienna bound for Switzerland in an Austrian military mail train |
| 1915 | Central Workers | |
| Nov The Central Workers ' Group is formed |
| 1915 | Conference of Zimmerwald | |
| 4th Sep Zimmerwald On the eve of the conference Lenin organizes a group of socialist internationalists, the Zimmerwald Left |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald Calls for open civil war & the organization of a new revolutionary international |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald Calls for "peace without indemnities & without annexations" |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald Calls for the "self determination of peoples" |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald Lenin appeals to all soldiers to lay down their arms |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald Opening day of a Conference of European anti-war Socialists |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald The "internationalists" open their Conference in Switzerland |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald The Second International dissolves during World War I, in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference of anti-war socialists |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald The Zimmerwald Conference sees the beginning of the end of the coalition between left-wing socialists (communists) and right-wing socialists (social democrats) in the Second International |
| 1915 | Second International | |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald The Zimmerwald Conference sees the beginning of the end of the coalition between left-wing socialists (communists) and right-wing socialists (social democrats) in the Second International |
| 1916 | Conference of Kienthal | |
| April Kienthal Opening of the Kienthal Conference of anti-war socialists |
| 1916 | Second International | |
| 5th Sep Zimmerwald The Second International dissolves during World War I, in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference of anti-war socialists |
| 1917 | April Days, The | |
| 20th April Opposition to the Foreign Minister Milyukov boils over due to his refusal to renounce annexations |
| May Milyukov resigns, members of the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries join the government |
| 1917 | April Theses | |
| 4th April Lenin delivers his April Thesis, states that Russia will become a republic of soviets |
| 1917 | Armistice | |
| 17th Nov The Bolsheviks call for an armistice on all fronts |
| 1917 | Cadet Party | |
| 1st Dec Outlaws the Cadet Party |
| 1917 | Capture of Kremlin | |
| 26th Oct Kremlin The Military Revolutionary Council troops seize the Kremlin |
| 1917 | Capture of Moscow | |
| 25th Oct Moscow Completes the occupation of Moscow |
| 1917 | Capture of Petrograd | |
| 24th Oct Petrograd The Government occupies Petrograd & closes down Bolshevik newspapers |
| 25th Oct Petrograd Declares the triumph of the workers & peasants revolution in Petrograd |
| 8th Nov Petrograd The Soviets sieze power in Petrograd |
| 1917 | Capture of Winter Palace | |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg The military revolutionary Council troops seize the Winter Palace |
| 1917 | Chairman Council Commissars | |
| 10th May Offers the "internationalist" Mensheviks a place on the editorial board of Pravda |
| 26th Oct Appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars |
| 1917 | Cheka | |
| Moscow The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution & Sabatage |
| 1917 | Comintern | |
| Founded after the dissolving of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Lenin led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" governments |
| The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the Third International |
| 1917 | Conference of Brest Litovsk | |
| 29th Nov Brest Litovsk The German Chancellor welcomes Lenin's peace proposals |
| 10th Dec Brest Litovsk Drafts the peace proposals for the Brest-Litovsk negotiations |
| 1917 | Congress of All Russian Peasant | |
| Address es the All-Russian Peasant Congress |
| 1917 | Congress of Soviets, 1st | |
| 3rd April Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reforms |
| 3rd June 1st All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens |
| 1917 | Congress of Soviets, 2nd | |
| Oct Power is given to the 2nd Congress of Soviets but withdrawn after Lenin's opposition |
| Oct The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional government on the eve of the meeting of 2nd All-Russia Congress of Soviets |
| 11th Oct The Bolshevik Congress summons a 2nd Congress of Soviets |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets |
| 1917 | Congress of Soviets Nth | |
| 11th Oct Petrograd The Bolshevik Congress of Soviets of the Northern region opens |
| 1917 | Constitution | |
| In the April Theses states that Russia will become a republic of soviets |
| 3rd June The First All-Russia Congress of Workers and Soldiers Soviets opens |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 26th Oct Congress approves the the Council of People's Commissars |
| Dec A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies |
| 1917 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 10th June The Bolsheviks hold back from a coup |
| 12th Sep Writes to the Central Committee saying that the time is ripe for the seizure of power |
| 14th Sep Revives the slogan "all power to the Soviets" |
| 15th Sep Does not receive a reply from the Central Comm & threatens to resign |
| 15th Sep Writes to the Central Committee a for a 2nd time urging it to seize power |
| 29th Sep The Bolshevik Central Committee votes in favor of an armed seizure of power |
| 29th Sep Writes to the Central Comm for a 3rd time saying the time is ripe for seizure of power |
| 10th Oct The Central Committee votes 10 to 2 for armed insurrection |
| 25th Oct Declares the Provisional Government deposed |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 8th Nov Moscow Overthrows the Kerensky Government |
| 1917 | Death | |
| 27th Oct The Death Penalty abolished |
| 1917 | Declaration of War | |
| Attacks the War as an "Imperialist struggle" |
| 9th Dec The Soviet Commissars declare war on the Cossack chiefs |
| 1917 | Demonstrations | |
| 26th Feb Petrograd The Volynskii Regiment fires on the crowd killing 40 |
| 27th Feb Petrograd The Mensheviks call for elections to the Petrograd Soviet |
| 21st April Moscow 1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow |
| 21st April Petrograd 1st Bolshevik demonstrations in Petrograd & Moscow |
| 1917 | Economy | |
| Dec A Bolshevik decree establishes the Supreme Economic Council over all economic bodies |
| 20th Dec The Vesenkha gains control over government finance of industry & wages state wages |
| 1917 | Election | |
| 25th Nov In the Constituent Assembly elections the Bolsheviks win 9.8 of 41.7 million votes |
| 25th Nov The Bolsheviks win 175 seats out of 707 |
| 25th Nov The Socialist Revolutionaries win 17.5 million votes |
| 1917 | Exile of Lenin | |
| 3rd April Byelo Ostrovation At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd |
| 3rd April Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members |
| 29th June Flees to Finland where he remains until 4 July |
| 1917 | February Revolution | |
| 1st Mar Petrograd The first Joint Plenum of the Soviet of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies issues Soviet Order No. 1: all soldiers' units will elect Soldiers' Committees & the decree stipulates that soldiers will now accept orders from the Soldiers' Soviet |
| 1917 | Independence | |
| 20th Nov Ukraine The Ukraine declares itself the Ukrainian Peoples Republic |
| Dec The Ukrainian Council proclaims Ukrainian independence |
| 1917 | Joint Plenum of the Soviet of Workers & Soldiers Deputies | |
| 1st Mar Petrograd The first Joint Plenum of the Soviet of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies issues Soviet Order No. 1: all soldiers' units will elect Soldiers' Committees & the decree stipulates that soldiers will now accept orders from the Soldiers' Soviet |
| 1917 | July Days | |
| 3rd July Workers and soldiers in Petrograd demand the Soviet takes power, sporadic fighting results and the Soviet restores order with troops brought back from the front, Trotsky is arrested & Lenin goes into hiding |
| 1917 | Labour Service | |
| At the All-Russian Peasants Congress asks for workers agricultural units |
| At the All-Russian Peasants Congress speaks for "labour service" |
| Sep States that after capitalism "universal labour service" is the order of the day |
| 1917 | Miliukov Note | |
| 18th April In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged |
| 1917 | Mobilization | |
| 28th April The Bolsheviks organize the Red Guard |
| 1917 | Moscow Soviet | |
| 1st Mar Moscow Formation of the Moscow Soviet |
| 1917 | MRC | |
| 16th Oct Approves the creation of the Military Revolutionary Committee |
| 1917 | Nationalization | |
| Dec The Vesenkha decrees each region establish a Council of National Economy (Sovnarkhoz) |
| 14th Dec The Red Guard occupies private banks & a decree is passed to nationalize them |
| 20th Dec The Vesenkha gains control over government finance of industry & wages state wages |
| 1917 | Negotiations Bolsheviks | |
| 22nd Oct Declares military staff to be "Counter revolutionary" |
| 23rd Oct 23-24 October, negotiates with the military staff |
| 1917 | Negotiations Duma | |
| 2nd Mar Moscow Duma & Soviet representitives reach agreement on the basis of an 8 point program |
| 1917 | Northern Regional Committee | |
| 11th Oct Petrograd The Bolshevik Congress forms a "Northern Regional Committee" |
| 1917 | October Revolution | |
| 10th Oct Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenin's resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising |
| 24th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising |
| 25th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| 1917 | Offensive | |
| 18th June Ukraine An offensive is launched by Russia against Austria Hungary |
| 1917 | Peace | |
| 8th Nov Proposes just & democratic peace without annexations, indemnities & self-determination |
| 9th Nov The Bolsheviks broadcast their conditions for peace |
| 29th Nov The Allied Supreme Council rejects Lenin's Decree on Peace |
| 1917 | Petrograd Soviet | |
| Sep Petrograd The Bolsheviks win control of the Petrograd Soviet |
| 1917 | |
