Russian Revolution By Legambo Jan 3, 1905 12,000 Russian Workers strike in St Petersburg Jan 7, 1905 Russian Workers Announce they will storm Winter Palace Jan 9, 1905 Bloody Sunday Apr 12, 1905 Bolsheviksreject offer to re join Meinsheviks Jun 9, 1905 Strike in Lodz, Poland. Soldiers kill 300 protestors Oct 3, 1905 Lenin says to Russian forces, 'form fighting forces at once.' Oct 12, 1905 St Petersburg strike becomes a public strike Oct 17, 1905 Tsar Nicholas II signs the October Manifesto Sep 29, 1906 Exile of Leon Trotsky to Siberia Oct 13, 1906 Rasputin visits Romanovs Feb 20, 1907 Second Duma Opened Jun 3, 1907 Second Duma Scrapped Sep 1, 1907 Opening of the Third Duma Jan 7, 1908 Lenin Flees Russia Mar 3, 1911 Rasputin is Banished Sep 1, 1911 Stolpyin is Assassinated Mar 1, 1912 Lena River Strikes Occur Aug 12, 1912 Trotsky seeks reconciliation with Meinsheviks and Bolsheviks Nov 14, 1912 The Opening of the Fourth Duma Jul 19, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia, hindering support Jul 23, 1914 Russia surrenders Warsaw to Austrian/German forces Jun 20, 1916 Nicholas II dissolves the duma Nov 1, 1916 The Duma is reinstated and changes Tsarism Dec 17, 1916 Rasputin is Assassinated Dec 30, 1916 The tsars army denies support is revolution is imminent Apr 3, 1917 Lenin returns to Russia with help from German armed forces Sep 25, 1917 Trotsky is elected as chairman