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(May 20 NS) - Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
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Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia
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Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years
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- Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
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- After having four girls, Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son, Alexei
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Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
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) - The October Manifesto, issued by Czar Nicholas II, brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution by promising civil liberties and an elected parliament (Duma
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A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
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- World War I begins
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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- Rasputin is murdered
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February 23-27 (March 8-12 NS) - The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar) March 2 (March 15 NS) - Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed April 3 (April 16 NS) - Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train July 3-
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February 1/14 - The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14 March 3 - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I March 8 - The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party March 11 - The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow June - Russian civil war begins July 17 - Czar Nicholas II and his family are ex
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Russian civil war ends
