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Emancipation reform of 1861: Alexander issued a manifesto emancipating the serfs
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Zemstva were established for the local self-government of Russian citizens.
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The first Russian Marxist group is formed (in Switzerland): The Group for the Liberty of Labour.
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Alexander III dies. His son Nicholas II succeeds him as tsar.
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November 14 1894- Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna
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The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) held its first Party Congress.
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The Socialist-Revolutionary Party was founded.
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Russification of Finland: The Military Service Act incorporated the Finnish and Russian armies.
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At the second congress of the RSDLP, the party split into two factions: the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the less radical Mensheviks.
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Russo-Japanese War: Japan launched a surprise torpedo attack on the Russian navy at Port Arthur.
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After having four girls, Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son, Alexei
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A strike began at the Putilov Works in St. Petersburg.
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Peaceful demonstrators arrived at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg to present a petition to the tsar, leading was a priest named Georgi Gapon. The Imperial Guard fired on the crowd, killing around 200 and wounding 800.
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The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ceding some Russian property and territory to Japan and ending the war.
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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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Assassination of Archduke Franz Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip of the Bosnian separatist group Young Bosnia.
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World War I: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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World War I: Russia mobilized its army to defend Serbia.
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Germany declared war on Russia in defense of Austria-Hungary.
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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Royal adviser Grigori Rasputin was murdered by a group of nobles in the house of Prince Felix Yussupov.
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February Revolution: The workers at the Putilov Plant in Petrograd went on strike.
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February Revolution: A battalion of soldiers was sent to Petrograd to end the uprising.
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February Revolution: Nicholas ordered the dissolution of the Fourth Duma. The Duma ignored his order and decreed the establishment of a Provisional Government with Georgy L'vov as Prime Minister.
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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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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
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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
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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 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
