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Rasputin is murdered.
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February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar)
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed.
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via 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.
