Lenin's Bolshevik Government (1917–1924)

1. Second Congress adopts Decrees on Peace and Land

   Nov 8, 1917Labels: Second Congress, Decree on

   • Britannica
   • Lenin Archive
   • Decree Land

2. Sovnarkom formed as Bolshevik executive government

   Nov 8, 1917Labels: Sovnarkom, Vladimir Lenin

   • Britannica
   • Sovnarkom
   • 2nd Congress

3. Cheka established for internal security and repression

   Dec 20, 1917Labels: Cheka, Felix Dzerzhinsky

   • Cheka
   • Dzerzhinsky
   • UK Archives

4. Constituent Assembly convenes and is dissolved

   Jan 19, 1918Labels: Constituent Assembly, Petrograd

   • Britannica
   • Pres Library
   • Soviet Decree

5. Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army established

   Jan 28, 1918Labels: Red Army, Workers and

   • Soviet Decree
   • Trotsky Archive

6. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed with Central Powers

   Mar 3, 1918Labels: Treaty of, Central Powers

   • Britannica
   • HISTORY

7. RSFSR Constitution adopted and Soviet state codified

   Jul 10, 1918Labels: 1918 Constitution, Fifth Congress

   • RSFSR 1918
   • 5th Congress

8. Lenin shot in assassination attempt by Fanny Kaplan

   Aug 30, 1918Labels: Assassination attempt, Fanny Kaplan

   • Kaplan
   • HISTORY

9. Sovnarkom decree launches the Red Terror

   Sep 5, 1918Labels: Red Terror, Sovnarkom decree

   • Lenin Govt
   • TIME

10. Kronstadt rebellion erupts against Bolshevik rule

    Mar 1, 1921Labels: Kronstadt, Sailors

    • Britannica
    • Kronstadt

11. 10th Party Congress adopts NEP and bans factions

    Mar 16, 1921Labels: 10th Party, NEP

    • 10th Congress
    • Party Unity
    • NEP

12. NEP decree replaces grain requisition with tax in kind

    Mar 21, 1921Labels: Prodnalog, NEP decree

    • NEP

13. Treaty on USSR creation signed

    Dec 29, 1922Labels: Treaty on, Founding republics

    • USSR Treaty

14. First All-Union Congress ratifies creation of the USSR

    Dec 30, 1922Labels: First All-Union, USSR ratification

    • All Union
    • USSR Treaty

15. Lenin dies at Gorki, ending founding leadership era

    Jan 21, 1924Labels: Vladimir Lenin, Gorki

    • Lenin Death
    • AP News