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3 Aug 1914 Outbreak of the Great War 8 Mar 1917 February Revolution 7 Nov 1917 October Revolution 1 Dec 1917 Bolsheviks Gain Control 1 Feb 1918 Bolshevik Russia 1 May 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 31 May 1918 Czechoslovak Legion

The new Russian Republic was weak and unstable. On November 7 (October 25 in the old-style calendar) Vladimir Lenin's revolutionary Bolshevik party seized power in Petrograd, the capital, and overthrew the government. Further armed insurrections took place across Russia.

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6 Apr 1917 US declaration of war on Germany ▲

On 2 April 1917, United States President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the US Congress to declare war on the German Empire. Congress obliged by declaring war on the 6th, with the resolution passing 82 to 6 in the Senate and 373 to 50 in the House. in wikipedia

14 Sep 1917 Russian Republic ▲

On 14 September (1 September Old Style) 1917, with the suppression of Kornilov’s coup attempt, Russian Minister-President Alexander Kerensky and Minister of Justice Alexander Zarudny signed a decree proclaiming the Russian Republic. This act formally ended both the monarchy and the Russian Provisional Government, although the latter continued to operate while the form of the future government was resolved. However, the new republic would last less than two months before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks, who Kerensky had armed to defeat Kornilov. in wikipedia

7–8 Nov 1917 October Revolution ▲

On 7 November (25 October Old Style) 1917, Bolshevik Red Guards, led by Leon Trotsky, mounted an armed insurrection in Petrograd, capital of the Russian Republic, capturing several government buildings. The following day they seized the Winter Palace, the seat of Alexander Kerensky’s Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks declared a new government, the Council of People’s Commissars, with Vladimir Lenin as its head. Simultaneously and over the following days, other Bolshevik uprisings took place in towns and cities across Russia. in wikipedia