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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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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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After having four girls, Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son, Alexei
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Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
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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 (Duma
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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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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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Rasputin is murdered
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The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar
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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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Period: Mar 8th, 1917 to Nov 7th, 1917
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
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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 Kornilov Affair, a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army
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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 new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
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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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The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
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The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
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Russian civil war begins
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Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
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An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded
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Russian civil war ends
