Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia
Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
A constitution is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
World War I begins
Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars, led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
Rasputin is murdered
Lenin returns from exile
The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Russian civil war begins
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
Russian civil war ends
Stalin is appointed General Secretary
Lenin suffers first stroke
Lenin suffers second stroke and retires from politics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established