Today in Bolshevik History
Political Movements: Abolitionism - Communism - Feminism - Gay Rights - Marxism - Socialism - Trotskyism - U.S. Civil Rights - Women's Suffrage
Historical Events
- 1907-03-24 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published
- 1907-06-26 Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis
Event of Interest
1917-04-16 [OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Event of Interest
1917-10-08 Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control
Leon Trotsky
Red October
1917-11-06 [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution
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- 1917-11-07 [OS Oct 25] October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government.
- 1917-11-10 New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution
- 1917-12-15 World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Russian Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
- 1918-02-10 In Finland, General Carl G. Von Mannerheim gathers an army known as the 'White Guard' to mount a counter revolution against the Bolshevik 'Red Guard'
- 1918-03-03 Facing internal counterrevolutionary pressures and external German offensive, Bolsheviks forced to sign harsh Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria
- 1918-03-09 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
- 1918-06-29 A provisional government opposed to the Bolsheviks establishes itself at Vladivostok, the Russian port on the Sea of Japan
Execution of the Romanovs
1918-07-17 The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia
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- 1918-08-16 US troops overrun at Archangelsk by Bolshevik troops
- 1918-08-17 Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated
- 1918-12-16 German troops evacuate Finland, give over Kiev in the Ukraine to revolutionary forces and pull back from Estonia as Bolshevik forces move in
- 1918-12-20 The Allies turn their attention to Bolshevik expansion in the East, landing troops in Crimea and Latvia
- 1919-01-05 Left-wing Spartacus organization instigates a revolt in Berlin; terrified by the spread of Bolshevism, German troops brutally suppress the uprising
- 1919-01-31 The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland: troops deployed against protesters for fear of a Bolshevik uprising
- 1919-02-03 The Bolshevik army is defeated in a series of clashes with the White Russians, who are fighting to reclaim the government after the 1917 revolution
- 1919-05-26 The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks
- 1919-06-06 Finland declares war on bolsheviks
- 1919-09-27 British troops withdraw from the North Russian town of Archangelsk after fighting Bolsheviks/Soviets
- 1920-02-07 Admiral Kolchak surrenders to Bolshevik troops and is executed
- 1920-02-08 Bolshevik troops capture Odessa, bringing an end to foreign involvement in the resistance against Bolshevik rule
- 1920-03-28 Anton Denkin's White Russian troops defeated by Bolsheviks and Soviets at Novorossijsk on the Black Sea (The British aid Denkin in his escape)
- 1920-11-14 The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia
Event of Interest
1922-06-24 Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks
Adolf Hitler
Event of Interest
1945-04-30 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) calls for crusade against the Bolsheviks
William Joyce
- 2004-05-16 Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine where during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians
- 2006-10-28 Funeral service for the peace of the executed at Bykivnia forest, outside of Kiev, Ukraine, with reburial of 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s - early 1940s.
Famous Birthdays
Vladimir Lenin
1870-04-22 Vladimir Lenin [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader, born in Simbirsk, Russia (d. 1924)
Vladimir Lenin
- 1886-03-27 Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader, born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934)
- 1886-10-28 Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, born in Ghoresha, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
- 1888-03-24 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)
Famous Deaths
- 1922-05-04 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
- 1937-02-18 Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, dies at 50