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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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The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority")
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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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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
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Lenin returns from exile
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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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The October Revolution - 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 (abbreviated as Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
