Russian Revolution By francopazv Nov 11, 1894 Start of Nicholas II's reign Jan 1, 1896 Northern Union of Socialist Revolutionaries is formed Jan 1, 1901 Socialist Revolutionary Party established Jan 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday, St. Petersburg Unarmed, peaceful demonstrators gunned down in the streets of St. Petersburg by the Imperial Guard Oct 3, 1905 General Strike. Saint Petersburg Soviet formed. Jan 1, 1906 First state Duma. Petr Stolypin elected Prime Minister Sep 18, 1911 Stolypin Assasinated May 3, 1912 Bolshevik/Menshevik split final Jul 19, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia Mar 3, 1917 March Revolution Mar 15, 1917 Czar Nicholas II abdicates Oct 8, 1917 Lenin rises to power Nov 7, 1917 The Bolshevik Revolution Apr 3, 1922 Stalin becomes dictator