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Birth of Vladimir IIlyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk
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Lenin exiled to Siberia for three years
This was the consequence of multiple arrestsdue to revolutionary protests -
Social Democratic Party, Russian Marxist party meets
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First issue of Iskra published
The Iskra was a Russian political newspaper which advocated Socialism. -
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Second congress of Social Democrats
The division between Bolshevik and Menshevik emerges. -
Revolution begins in St. Petersburg
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Split with Mensheviks becomes official
Bolsheviks form their own political party. -
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Outbreak of World War I
Lenin leaves Poland for Switzerland -
Nicholas II of the Tsar regime abdicates
The provisonal government is formed -
Lenin arrives in St. Petersburg and issues April Theses
The April These advocated the overthrow of the Provisonal government. -
Bolsheviks seize power
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Treaty of Breast is signed
The treaty ending Russia's involvement in World War I -
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Lenin dictates his testament
His "testament" was a warning against Stalin. -
Lenin dies