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Czar Nicholas ll was the last Emperor of Russia from the Romanov family.
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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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Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire; known as Bloody Sunday
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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
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A constitution is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie, were in Sarajevo when they were shot dead
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A war against the triple Entente and the triple Alliance, that began because of Russia standing up for Slavs and Ferdinand's death.
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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Rasputin's death states that he was poisoned, then shot, and finally drowned in the River Nevka
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More than 100,000 workers are still on strike; the Duma attacks the government failing to respond to food shortages.
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed.
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train. He was released under the agreement that he will convince the Russians to leave the war.
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The red army (Bolsheviks) and the white army began the war caused by the Revolutions
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The Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
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Bolsheviks are a minority yet meet for one day before being suppressed. Earlier that day a demonstration is fired on by Bolshevik and several demonstrators are killed.
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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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Germany and Russia sign a treaty taking Russia out of World War I
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The Bolshevik went from a democratic government to a communist gov.
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Russia's capital is no longer from St. Petersburg; Moscow is now the new capital
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Czar Nicholas II and his family are shot dead
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The Treaty was signed, ending World War causing new restrictions and land taken away.
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Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the party's Central Committee
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The reds win the Russian civil war due to the whites unorganized groups
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Lenin died, Joseph Stalin took over his rule
