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| Amnesty Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| 25th Feb Moscow Announces an amnesty to all members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party |
| 25th Feb Moscow The amnesty is withdrawn in 1922 |
| Battle of Orel Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| 5th Aug Orel Defeated by the Bolsheviks under Budenny |
| Bolshevik Party Chuikov Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party |
| Captain Komorowski, Tadeusz Bor |  |
| Appointed Captain of the 9th Cavalry |
| Capture Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Jan Caucasus Drives out the Bolsheviks & leads the White counter-revolutionary forces |
| 2nd Sep Kiev Kiev is later recaptured by the Red Army |
| 2nd Sep Kiev The White armiescapture Kiev advancing within 250 miles of Moscow |
| 2nd Sep Kiev The White Army is forced back to the Black Sea |
| Capture Trotsky, Leon | |
3rd Feb Kiev Bolshevik forces, filling the vacuum left by the German  withdrawal, take Kiev |
| Chairman Comintern Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International |
| Chairman Moscow Soviet Kamenev Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Moscow Soviet |
| Cheka DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich | |
| 17th Feb Announces changes in running the Cheka |
| Chief of Staff Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Jan Caucasus Appointed Commander of the White counter-revolutionary forces |
| CLO Trotsky, Leon | |
| 27th Dec The CLO begins the "militarization of labour" |
| 27th Dec The Commission on Labour Obligation is created by Trotsky |
| Comintern Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 3rd Mar "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State" |
| 3rd Mar Founds an international Communist organization in the midst of the "war communism" period (1918-1921) |
| 3rd Mar The Comintern holds seven World Congress es, the first in March 1919 and the last in 1935, until it was officially dissolved in May 1943 |
| Comintern Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the Third International |
| Zinoviev becomes the 1st President of Comintern |
| Commander Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Appointed Commander of the White Russian Army after death of Kornilov |
| Commander Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| Sep Baltic Sea Appointed Commander of the White Army in the Baltic |
| Communist Party Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| Composition Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Love for Three Oranges" |
| Conscription Trotsky, Leon | |
| 16th Dec Drafts "Theses" for the Central Committee advocating disciplined armies of workers |
| 27th Dec Persuades Lenin to create a Commission on Labor Obligation with Trotsky as President |
| Death Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Appointed Commander of the White Russian Army after death of Kornilov |
| Death Izvolski | |
| Death of Alexander Petrovich Izvolski |
| Declaration of War Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 6th June Karelia The beginning of a Russo -Finnish war over Karelia |
| Execution Sokolov, Nicholas | |
| Feb Ekaterinburg Appointed by Kolchak to seek eye witnesses & clues for the execution of the Romanovs |
| Exile Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
5th Aug Constantinople Flees to Constantinople, later lives in France  & the USA  as an emigre |
| Government Denikin, Anton Ivanovich | |
| Sets up a counter revolutionary Government in South Russia |
| Head of State Kalinin, Mikhail Ivonovich | |
| Appointed Head of State for Russia, 1st term |
| Appointed President of the Central Executive Committee, 1st term |
| International, 3rd Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 2nd Mar Moscow The 3rd International is founded to propogate the idea of world revolution |
| Manifesto Communist Party Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The new manifesto is adopted |
| Orgburo Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The Politburo, Orgburo & secretariat of the Russian Communist Party are created |
| Politburo Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| Politburo Kamanev, Lev Borisovich | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| Politburo Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| Moscow The Politburo is formally set up at the VIIIth Communist Party Congress |
| Moscow The Politburo is set up to control the Central Committee of the Communist Party |
| Moscow The Politburo, Orgburo & secretariat of the Russian Communist Party are created |
| Politburo Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| Politburo Trotsky, Leon | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| Publication Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Publication of, "Prelude to Bolshevism" |
| Publication Zamyatin, Yevgenvy | |
| Dec Publication of, "We", a critique of totalitarianism in Russia |
| Rebellion Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de | |
| Sets up the south Russian Government |
| Reform DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich | |
| 17th Feb Announces changes in running the Cheka |
| Reform Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow The Party is renamed the Russian Communist Party |
| Moscow The Politburo, Orgburo & secretariat of the Russian Communist Party are created |
| Rule of Armenia Aharonyan, Avetis | |
| Head the Armenian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference with Boghos Nubar, where he signs the Treaty of SŠvres formulating the "Wilsonian Armenia" in direct collaboration with the Armenian Diaspora |
| Secretariat Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| The Politburo, Orgburo & secretariat of the Russian Communist Party are created |
| Secretary Krylenko, Nikolay Vasiliyevich | |
| Appointed Secretary to Lenin |
| Siege of Petrograd Yudenich, Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| Petrograd Almost captures Petrograd for the Whites |
| Treaty of Sevres Aharonyan, Avetis | |
| Head the Armenian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference with Boghos Nubar, where he signs the Treaty of SŠvres formulating the "Wilsonian Armenia" in direct collaboration with the Armenian Diaspora |
| Vsegda Vpered Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 19th Jan The Mensheviks are legalised and allowed to publish Vsegda Vpered in Moscow |
| 25th Feb The Cheka closes down Vsegda Vpered, marks a return to despoticruleby Bolsheviks. |
