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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: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
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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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Rasputin is murdered
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The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd. (Now known as the March Revolution due to calendar)
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The October Revolution, the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution due to 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, led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
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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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Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
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Russian civil war ends
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
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Lenin dies; Stalin will become his successor
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"Stalin." Photo. Google.com
"Tsar Nicholas II." Photo. Google.com
"November Revolution." Photo. Google.com
"March Revolution." Photo. Google.com
"Treaty of Brest-Litosvk." Photo. Google.com
"WWI." Photo. Google.com
"Russian War." Photo. Google.com
"Nicholas II and family." Photo. Google.com
"Lenin." Photo. Google.com
"Bloddy Sunday" Photo.Google.com
"Bolshevik Party" Photo. Google.com
"October Manifesto" Photo. Google.com
"Alexander Kerensky" Photo. Google.com
"U.S.S.R." Photo. Google.com
