1910 к 1919 Русские сроки (Russian timeline)

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Above is a picture of a timeline spanning from 1910 to 1919 in Russia. The dates listed above can be found with explanation's below. The different colored circles represents events and happenings that can be found in the four books mentioned within my proposal.

1911: Russia exported 13.7 million tons of grain while some 30 million of its peasants suffered from famine.

1914: Aug 1, Germany declared war on Russia at the onset of World War I.

Yellow Circle: The Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War. (Continues through the rest of the decade)

1914: Aug 31, Germany defeated Russia at the battle at Tannenberg. Some 30,000 Russians died.

1915: Aug 23, Czar Nicolaas II took control of the Russian Army.

1916 :Mar 18, On the Eastern Front, the Russians countered the Verdun assault with an attack at Lake Naroch. The Russians lost 100,000 men and the Germans lost 20,000

1917: Mar 8-12, Russia’s democratic February revolution took place in Russia. The "February Revolution" began with rioting and strikes in the Russian army garrison at Petrograd.

Red Circle: The Flight of the Romanov's (Continues through the rest of the decade)

1917: Mar 16, Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, abdicated in favor of his brother Michael. He was forced to sign a document of abdication after being brought down by political unrest and widespread starvation stemming from Russia’s staggering losses in WWI. The czar, his wife Alexandra, their four daughters and son Alexis, heir to the throne, were held prisoner by the Bolsheviks for several months at Tsarskoye Selo palace near Petrograd. In August 1917, the family was transported to distant Siberia to prevent any attempt to restore them to the throne.

1917: Jun 16, The 1st Congress of Soviets convened in Russia.

1917: Oct 8, Leon Trotsky was named chairman of Petrograd Soviet

1917: Dec 6, Former Czar Nicholas II and family were made prisoners by the Bolsheviks in Tobolsk.

1918: Jan 28, Leon Trotsky became leader of the Russian Communists.

Green Circle: Trotsky: A Biography (Continues through Communistic Russia)

Orange Circle: The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg. (Detailed account of the few reaming months of the Imperial Family)

1918: Jul 17, Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, was executed at Ekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks under orders from Lenin. The Czar, his wife, three children and four servants were executed by a 12-man firing squad in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.The family mass grave was discovered by a former KGB agent in 1979 in the Urals and only 9 bodies were found.

1918: Sep 11, US troops landed in Russia to fight the Bolsheviks.