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Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
On March 1, 1887, the day of the sixth anniversary of Alexander II's murder, three of them, suspected by the police, were arrested in the Nevsky Prospekt, where they were going to throw their bombs into the Emperor's carriage -
Czar Alexander III dies
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia -
Lenin is arrested
Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years -
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Born in 1868, he succeeded to the Russian throne upon the death of his father, Czar Alexander III, in November 1894. That same month, the new czar married Alexandra, a German-born princess who came to have great influence over her husband. -
Two factors where split
The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
Strike
120,000 workers strike in St. Petersburg; government warns against any organised marches. -
Bloodysunday massacre
http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/datesr.htmlTsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in St Petersburg. -
Tsar given honour
Nicholas II and his son given honorary membership of the Union of the Russian People; they accept. -
A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created
- A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
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2nd Duma opens
The Second State Duma opens, dominated by the left who cease their boycott. -
3rd Duma
The Third Duma Opens. Mainly Octobrist, Nationalist and Rightist, it generally did as it was told. The failure of the Duma causes people to turn away from liberal or democratic groups in favour of radicals -
Stolypin Assassinated
1911: Stolypin is assassinated by a Socialist Revolutionary (who was also a Police agent); he was hated by the left and the right. -
WW1
Marks the beggining of ww1 -
War is Declared
Germany Declares War on Russia -
Tsar Commands Army
Reacting to war failures and a hostile Duma, the Tsar takes over as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, prorogues the Duma and moves to military headquarters at Mogilev. Central government begins to seize up. -
supreme command of the Russian
September 5 (September 18 NS) - Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army -
Rasputin is murdered
- Rasputin is murdered.a Russian peasant, mystical faith healer and a trusted friend to the family of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia.
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FEBRUARY REVOLUTION: 1917
Supported by huge crowd strikes , the people clashed with the police -
Plans for Coup
Bolshevik leaders debate launching a coup immediately, but delay until a Congress of Soviets has met and agreed. The Peter and Paul fortress garrison agrees to support the MRC(military revolutionary committee); in response, the PG (provisional govt.) declares the MRC a criminal organisation and tries to arrest its leaders. -
communist party
March 8 - The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk,
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I -
Executed
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed -
Lenin suffers second stroke and retires from politics
Lenin suffers second stroke and retires from politics -
Soviet union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established -
Lenin dies; Stalin will become his successor
Lenin, leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik movement that toppled the czarist regime in 1917 and head of the first government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.),
