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The Reign of Czars Alexander II and Alexander III
PictureThe Reign of Czars Alexander II and Alexander III (1861–1881) including emancipation of the serfs, the zemstovs, radical intellectual movements, Russification and pogroms -
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
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Czar Alexander III dies
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Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna
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The Early Reign of Czar Nicholas II
The Early Reign of Czar Nicholas II (1895–1905) including Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, the Duma, the Soviets, Russian Marxism, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Revolution of 1905 -
Lenin is arrested
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Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
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Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party
PictureThe Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
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
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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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The Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Revolution
Picture(March 16, 1917–March 1918) including Kerensky; Lenin; the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread"; the November coup d'etat; and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty
