An animated visual timeline of the February and October Revolutions of 1917, sequencing the six turning points from International Women's Day to the Bolshevik seizure of power. Designed as a study and revision aid for Unit 3 Elective 2 (Russia and the Soviet Union 1914–45), Component C03-U3E2.
The collapse of Romanov Russia and the Bolshevik takeover both happened in a single year, but in two distinct phases. Use the timeline below to fix the sequence in your memory: the spontaneous February Revolution that toppled the Tsar and created Dual Power, then the deliberate October seizure of power by the Bolsheviks.
The chronology of 1917, Old Style dating: the spontaneous February Revolution (23 Feb – 2 Mar) topples the Tsar and creates Dual Power; the Bolsheviks then build toward the deliberate October seizure of power (3 Apr – 25 Oct).