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Execution of Lenin's Brother
Vladimir Lenin's brother Alexander Ulyanov, is executed for making plan to kill the Tsar. (May 20 in Gregorian Calendar) -
Nicholas II becomes the Tsar
Alexander III dies, and his son, Nicholas II becomes the Tsar of Russia. (November 1 in Gregorian calender) -
Lenin gets arrested
Lenin is sent to prison in solitary confinment before being exiled to Sibera for 3 years.(Dec. 20 in Gregorian calendar) -
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RSDLP Meeting
This meeting lead to the split of parties and creation of the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks (July 30- Aug. 23 in Gregorian calendar) -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a massacre of Russian protestors and started the Russian Revolution of 1905 (Jan. 22 in Gregorian calendar). -
October Manifesto and Creation of Duma
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, putting an end to the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the creation of the first elected parliament, the Duma (Oct. 30 in Gregorian calendar). -
World War I
World War I begins, with the Tsar begining to attempt to enter Russia into it (July 28 in Gregorian calendar). -
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Beginning of February Revolution
The February Revolution begins, with demonstrations, strikes and mutinies in Petrograd (Mar. 8-12 in Gregorian calendar) -
Abdication of the Tsar
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates with his his son, leading to the formation of the Provisional Government (Mar. 15 in Gregorian calendar). -
Alexander Kerensky becomes head of Provisional Government
The new prime minister of the provisional government is Alexander Kerensky -
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October Revolution
The Russian Revolution is complete, and the Bolsheviks have controll over all of Russia. -
Winter Palace falls
The Provisional Government is taken over by the Sovnarkom (Council of People's Commissars) led by Lenin -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed
This treaty between Russia and Germany takes Russia out of World War I. -
Bolshevik party changes name.
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party. -
Moscow becomes the new capital
The capital changes from St. Petersburg to Moscow. -
Russian civil war begins
This war was between the Bolshevis and small rebel armies who still wanted Tsar Nicholas. -
Tzar Nicholas is Executed
Tsar Nicholas and his family are executed. -
Russian Civil war ends
The Bolsheviks have crushed all of the rebels. -
USSR Eshtablished
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is created -
Lenin Dies
Lenin dies from a stroke.
