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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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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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A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
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World War I begins
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Rasputin is murdered
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed
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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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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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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I
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Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
