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Russian Revolution
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Alexander Ulyanov's hanging
Lenin's brother was hanged for attempting to assasinate the tsar. -
Czar Alexander III dies
Czar Alexander lll dies of sudden illness, his son becomes Czar Nicholas ll. -
Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna
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Lenin is arrested
Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years -
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
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he Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting starts
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the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting ends
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Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son Alexei
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Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution. -
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) -
\the Fundamental Laws of 1906
A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto. -
World War l begins
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
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Rasputin is murdered
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The February Revolution begins with strikes
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd
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The July Days begin
in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding -
Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The Kornilov Affair
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The October Revolution
the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar -
The Winter Palace is taken by the Bolsheviks
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 -
The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I -
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
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Stalin is appointed General Secretary
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Lenin suffers first stroke
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Lenin suffers second stroke and retires from politics
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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
