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Ruled from 1894 untill his resignation in 1917. helped russia go from a great power to an economic and military power.
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The First Congress of the Russian Socialist Democratic Labour Party meets, an attempt to unite small Russian socialist groups
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Socialist Revolutionary parties form, reflecting the aims of the Narodniki and the methods of the Narodnaya volya; Lenin is amongst a group that publishes Iskra (The Spark).
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The war between russia and Japan begins.
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120,000 workers strike in St. Petersburg; government warns against any organised marches.
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Bloody Sunday. 150,000 striking workers and their families march through St. Petersburg to deliver a protest to the Tsar, but are shot and ridden down on multiple occasions by the army.
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Vladivostok experiences an armed uprising.
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Fundamental Laws of the Empire published, including the creation of the State Duma and State Council; the former is composed of 500 delegates drawn from every Russian region and class. The Laws are cleverly written to meet the October Promises, but not demolish the Tsar's power.
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Germany declares war on Russia, causing a brief sense of patriotic union amongst the Russian nation and a downturn in striking.
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140,000 strike in Petrograd to commemorate Bloody Sunday; strikes in other cities.
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The Workers Group calls for a strike on February 14 (date of Duma's next recall) to demand overthrow of Tsar and creation of provisional government.
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: The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia is issued
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The 4th Congress of Soviets agrees to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but the Left SR's leave the Sovnarkom in protest; the highest organ of government is now entirely Bolshevik.
