Bolshevik and RSDLP activity in late Imperial Russia (1898-1917)

1. RSDLP founded at Minsk congress

   Mar 13, 1898Labels: RSDLP, Minsk Congress

   • RSDLP 1st Cong
   • RSDLP

2. Second RSDLP Congress splits Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

   Jul 30, 1903Labels: Second Congress, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks

   • RSDLP 2nd Cong

3. Bloody Sunday triggers 1905 revolutionary wave

   Jan 22, 1905Labels: Bloody Sunday, St Petersburg

   • Britannica
   • Britannica 1905

4. Bolsheviks convene Third RSDLP Congress in London

   Apr 25, 1905Labels: Third Congress, Bolsheviks

   • RSDLP 3rd Cong

5. St. Petersburg Soviet formed during general strike

   Oct 26, 1905Labels: St Petersburg, General Strike

   • Britannica 1905
   • Petersburg Soviet

6. Nicholas II issues October Manifesto

   Oct 30, 1905Labels: October Manifesto, Nicholas II

   • Britannica 1905
   • October Manifesto

7. Fourth (Unity) Congress briefly reunites factions

   Apr 23, 1906Labels: Fourth Congress, Unity Congress

   • RSDLP 4th Cong

8. Fifth RSDLP Congress meets in London

   May 13, 1907Labels: Fifth Congress, RSDLP

   • RSDLP 5th Cong
   • Lenin Archive

9. Prague Conference crystallizes Bolshevik party separation

   Jan 5, 1912Labels: Prague Conference, Lenin

   • Prague Conf
   • Lenin Archive

10. Bolshevik newspaper Pravda begins legal publication

    May 5, 1912Labels: Pravda, Bolsheviks

    • Pravda

11. Zimmerwald Conference unites anti-war socialists

    Sep 5, 1915Labels: Zimmerwald Conference, Zimmerwald Left

    • Zimmerwald
    • Lenin Archive

12. Lenin presents April Theses to Bolsheviks

    Apr 17, 1917Labels: April Theses, Lenin

    • April Theses
    • MIA text

13. July Days unrest leads to crackdown on Bolsheviks

    Jul 16, 1917Labels: July Days, Petrograd

    • Britannica July
    • July Days

14. Kornilov affair boosts Bolshevik standing

    Sep 10, 1917Labels: Kornilov Affair, Kornilov

    • Kornilov affair

15. Bolshevik Central Committee votes for armed uprising

    Oct 23, 1917Labels: Central Committee, Armed Uprising

    • CC Minutes

16. Second Congress of Soviets convenes amid power transfer

    Nov 7, 1917Labels: Second Congress, Soviet Power

    • 2nd Congress
    • Britannica Rev

17. Decree on Peace adopted by Soviet government

    Nov 8, 1917Labels: Decree on, Soviet Government

    • Decree text