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Romanov dynasty begin rule
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Nicholas II becomes tsar
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'Bloody Sunday'
Massacre leads to revolutionary upheavals. -
The Fundamental Laws reaffirm the autocracy
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A programme of agrarian reform is attempted
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Four State Dumas meet but their influence is controlled
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Lena Gold Fields Massacre
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The Romanov tercentenary
The Tsar and his family left their Winter Palace in St Petersburg to drive through the streets in open carriages for the first time since the troubles o 1905. -
First World War begins
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Strikes in Petrograd
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Formation of the Petrograd Soviet and Provisional Government
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Return of Lenin, and April Theses
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Attempted coup by Kornilvov
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Decrees on Peace and Land
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Establishment of Sovnarkom
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Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
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'July Days' riots
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Bolsheviks seizure of power
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The Constituent Assembly
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Start of Civil War
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First Soviet constitution
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Comintern establishment
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Russo-Polish war
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Launch of New Economic Policy
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Kronstadt revolt
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Tenth Party conference
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Widespread famine
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Stalin elected General Secretary
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Treaty of Rapallo
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'Testament' dictated by Lenin
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Ban on factions
a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics -
St Petersbury Soviet is formed
The Tsar's October Manifesto authorises elections to a state duma -
Loss of confidence in the Tsarist regime
In all areas of society people disliked the tsarist rule. There was demonstartions and outbursts