U4AOS1 By SophieGreen Period: 1893 to 1903 Rapid industrialisation known as the 'great spurt' initiated under Sergei Witte May 14, 1896 Coronation of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra May 18, 1896 Khodynka Tragedy Feb 8, 1904 Japanese attack on Port Arthur in China sparks Russo-Japanese war Jan 9, 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre Jun 14, 1905 The mutiny of the Battleship Potemkin Oct 17, 1905 October Manifesto Apr 23, 1906 Fundamental Laws passed Jul 8, 1906 First Duma dissolved Sep 1, 1911 Stolypin assassinated Aug 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia Aug 22, 1915 Tsar Nicholas takes charge of armed forces Dec 16, 1916 Rasputin Murdered Feb 23, 1917 International Women's Day marches Feb 27, 1917 Petrograd garrison mutiny Feb 27, 1917 Petrograd Soviet formed Feb 27, 1917 Provisional Committee assumes authority Period: Apr 3, 1917 to Apr 4, 1917 Lenin returns to Russia and presents his April Theses Period: Jun 18, 1917 to Jul 2, 1917 Kerensky's June Offensive Period: Jul 3, 1917 to Jul 6, 1917 July Days Period: Aug 19, 1917 to Aug 30, 1917 Kornilov Affair Oct 10, 1917 Bolshevik Central Committee meets to discuss whether to seize power from the Provisional Government Period: Oct 25, 1917 to Oct 26, 1917 A Bolshevik-led insurrection seizes power in the 'storming' of the Winter Palace