Russkie Revolt! By 23vidovichd Feb 21, 1848 Communist Manifesto published Feb 19, 1861 Emancipation of the serfs Nov 1, 1894 Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia Dec 1, 1895 Lenin arrested and exiled Period: Feb 8, 1904 to Sep 5, 1905 Russo-Japanese War Jan 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday - The First Russian Revolution Oct 17, 1905 Creation of Duma - October Manifesto May 1, 1907 Lenin exiled again Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War I Dec 30, 1916 Rasputin assasinated Mar 12, 1917 February Revolution takes over Russia Mar 12, 1917 Formation of the Petrograd Soviet Apr 16, 1917 Lenin sent back to Russia Jul 21, 1917 Alexander Kerensky's Mensheviks take power Sep 13, 1917 General Kornilov fails to coup d'etat the provisional government Period: Nov 7, 1917 to Oct 25, 1922 Russian Civil War Nov 8, 1917 October Revolution succeeds Mar 3, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed Jan 21, 1924 Death of Lenin Jan 11, 1928 Stalin exiles Trotsky