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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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Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna
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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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After having four girls, Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son, Alexei
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Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg
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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
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A constitution was made
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World War starts
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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Rasputin is murdered
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar)
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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
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Russian civil war begins
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An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded
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An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded
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Lenin suffers first stroke
