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Declaration
Martial law declared in the Russian Empire -
War declaration
Declaration of war by Austria-Hungary on Serbia begins the first World War -
Tsar leaves for wartime front
Tsar Nicholas II leaves the Russian heartland for the wartime front -
War success
The Brusilov Offensive signifies the last major Russian military success of the war -
Nation wide revolution
The Menshevicks call for nation-wide revolution in Russia -
Fail of the offensive
The June Offensive fails, further exacerbating Russian hardship caused by an increasingly costly war -
Attempt of control
General Lavr Kornilov attempts to seize control of power from the Provisional Government in what is deemed the Kornilov Affair -
Beginning of the revolution
The February Revolution begins in Saint Petersburg on International Women's Day and the Provisional Government is established as the ruling administrative power in the empire -
Attempt to stop violence
The Tsar orders the use of violence to quell civil unrest -
Rebellion
Soldiers mutiny against the government and the Petrograd Soviet is formed -
Abandonment of the throne
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne -
Further revolution
Lenin publishes his April Theses condemning the Provisional Government for its incapacity to call an end to the "imperialist" war that Russia found itself in and calls for further revolution in Russia -
Provisional forces
Provisional forces move against the Bolsheviks in Saint Petersburg -
Control of the Provisional Government
Bolshevik revolutionaries storm the Winter Palace and seize control of power from the Provisional Government -
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Consolidation of power
The Russian Civil War rages until the Bolsheviks consolidate power, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 30, 1922 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed, withdrawing Russia from the First World War, ceding much of the former territory of the Russian Empire