Russian Revolution By dharrison12 Apr 29, 1894 Nicholas the second comes to power Apr 29, 1900 Number of factories in Russia more than doubled Apr 29, 1903 Russian Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics Jan 29, 1905 Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in St Petersburg Oct 30, 1905 Nicholas reluctantly approved the creation of the Duma, Russia's first parliment Apr 29, 1910 Russia faced a series of crises showing the czar's weakness, paving the way for the revolution Apr 29, 1914 Russia enter World War 1 Apr 29, 1915 Nicholas the 2nd moved his headquarters to the war front, hoping to rally his discoureged troops to victory Apr 30, 1916 group of nobles murdered Rasputin Apr 30, 1917 Women Textile workers in Petrograd led a citywide stike, this led to many riots flarin over shortages of bread and fuel Apr 30, 1918 Russia and Germany singed a treaty of Brest-Litosvk, Russia surrendured a ;arge part of its territory to Germany and it's allies Apr 30, 1920 Civil war rages in Russia Apr 30, 1922 the country is named the Union of the Soviet Socialist Rebublics Apr 30, 1929 Stalin becomes the dictator of the Soviet Union