The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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26 historical maps of The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924, one for each turning point: who controlled what, and what changed since the map before.
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The Russian Empire

September 1855
SEVASTOPOL FALLS

March 1856
THE PEACE OF PARIS

March 1861
THE SERFS ARE FREED

1863
THE JANUARY RISING

June 1868
SAMARKAND AND BUKHARA

July 1878
THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN

March 1881
THE TSAR ASSASSINATED

May 1891
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN BEGUN

February 1904
WAR WITH JAPAN

January 1905
BLOODY SUNDAY

December 1905
THE RISING PUT DOWN

August 1914
THE EMPIRE AT WAR

March 1917
THE TSAR ABDICATES

July 1917
DUAL POWER FALTERS

November 1917
OCTOBER

March 1918
BREST-LITOVSK

July 1918
THE CZECH LEGION & THE RING

November 1918
THE WHITES AT THEIR PEAK

June 1919
KOLCHAK CHECKED, DENIKIN RISING

October 1919
THE CRISIS: SOVIET POWER AT ITS SMALLEST

January 1920
THE BREAK

October 1920
POLAND MADE PEACE; WRANGEL’S CRIMEA LAST

November 1920
THE CRIMEA EVACUATED

1921
VICTORS AGAINST THE PEOPLE

December 1922
THE USSR IS FOUNDED

January 1924
LENIN DIES
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