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Existing political party splits
The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution -
October Manifesto issued
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) -
Czar gains command of army
Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army -
Rasputin Murdered
Rasputin is murdered -
February Revolution begins
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd -
Czar abdicates
Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed -
July days begin
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 -
kerensky becomes Prime Minister
Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government -
October revolution begins
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd -
Winter Palace falls
The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars (abbreviated as Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia -
Communist party arise
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party -
Russian civil war begins
Russian civil war begins -
USSR Created
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established -
lenin dies
Lenin dies; Stalin will become his successor