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Russian Revolution

  • Attempt Assasination

    Attempt Assasination
    Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov is hanged for plotting to assassinate Czar Alexander III https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-revolution-timeline-1779473 main source
  • death Czar Alexander III

    death Czar Alexander III
    after a sudden illness Czar Alexander III dies, his son Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia
  • marriage with Alexandra Feodorovna

    marriage with Alexandra Feodorovna
    Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna
  • Lenin arrested

    Lenin arrested
    Lenin gets arrested and is kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and exiled to Siberia for 3 years
  • Nicholas II crowned

    Nicholas II crowned
    Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
  • RSDLP

    RSDLP
    The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) splits into 2 fractions Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority")
  • First Son

    First Son
    after 4 girls Czarina gives birth to son alexei
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Soldiers shot protesters in St. Petersburg which started the Russian revolution
  • End to revolution

    End to revolution
    Czar Nicholas II issues The October Manifesto, and brings an end to the Russian revolution by promising civil liberties and an elected parliament (Duma)
  • Constitution

    Constitution
    A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
  • WWI

    WWI
    World war 1 begins
  • Russian Army

    Russian Army
    Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
  • Rasputin murdered

    Rasputin murdered
    he was seen as a threat to the monarchie since the Czarina talked to him and he lend her an ear after he magically cured the sickness her son had.
  • February Revolution

    February Revolution
    The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
  • Czar abdicates

    Czar abdicates
    Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. A Provisional Government is formed
  • Lenin returns

    Lenin returns
    Lenin returns from his exile in a sealed train
  • Protests

    Protests
    July begins with spontaneous Protests against the Provisional Government, after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding
  • New Prime minister

    New Prime minister
    Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
  • The Kornilov Affair

    The Kornilov Affair
    a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army
  • October revolutions

    October revolutions
    the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd
  • The Winter Palace

    The Winter Palace
    the Winter Palace which is the last holdout for 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
  • The new Bolshevik government

    The new Bolshevik government
    converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    the treaty is signed and takes Russia out of the war
  • Civil war

    Civil war
    Civil war starts
  • Execution

    Execution
    Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
  • Assassination attempt

    Assassination attempt
    Lenin is hit by an assassination attempt and is seriously wounded
  • Civil war ends

    Civil war ends
  • Stalin

    Stalin
    Stalin is appointed as general secretary
  • First Stroke

    First Stroke
    Lenin suffers his first stroke
  • Second Stroke

    Second Stroke
    Lenin suffers his second stroke and retires from Politics
  • U.S.S.R.

    U.S.S.R.
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) is established
  • Lenin dies

    Lenin dies
    Stalin becomes Lenin's Successor