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Marxists formed the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party -
Revolution background
Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split in two. -
1905 Revolution
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"Bloody Sunday" took place on this date because many people were peacefully marching Czar's Nichlas Winter Palace with a petiton for better working conditions and democratically elected assembly's. -
1905 Revolution
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Army crushes uprising in Moscow and police arrest members of St.Petersburg Soviet including revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. -
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October Revolution
Trotsky escapes then comes back to Petrograd and picked to be head soviet in September. -
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February Revolution
Lenin lives in Switzerland then returns to Petrograd. -
WWI
Germany declares war on Russia. -
WWI
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Russian nobles loyal to the czar kill Rasputin a monk that deeply influenced the Czar. -
February Revolution
Some soldiers revive Petrograd Soviet (first setup in 1905). -
February Revolution
Strikes and riots break out in Petrograd due to food and coal shortages.(Feburary 28 on old Russian calender.) -
February Revolution
Government forces the Czar which is Czar Nicholas to resign his throne. -
October Revolution
(October 25,1917 on old Russian calender) Bolshevik-led army of workers,soldiers,and sailors take important positions in Petrograd. -
February Revolution
Bolsheviks kill Csar Nicholas and his family a little while after the family was put into custody.
