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Rasputin is murdered
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The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
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During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd in a sealed train
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The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The Kornilov Affair, a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army
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The Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
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The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars, led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
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The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
