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Jewish Immigration
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Alexabder III dies
Alexander III dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Nicholas II -
"The Lower Depths"
Maksim Gorky's play "The Lower Depths" stages thieves, prostitutes and tramps -
Georgy Gapon fires
Cossacks fire on peaceful protesters led by priest Georgy Gapon in St Petersburg -
Czar Nicholas II issues October Manifesto
responding to a general strike, Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, a sort of constitution that establishes Russia's first parliament (Duma) -
First duma convenes
The first duma convenes, with the largest block being won by the Cadets (38%) -
World War 1 breaks out
World War I breaks out in the Balkans, pitting Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, USA and Japan against Austria, Germany and Turkey (400,000 Russian soldiers die in 1914 alone) -
Russia suffers 2 million deaths
Russia has already suffered almost two million deaths in WWI -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Bending to riots by women, striking workers and defecting soldiers, Czar Nicholas II abdicates, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty -
Soviet Union created
The Soviet Union is created by uniting Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasus -
Five-Year Plan
Stalin enacts the first Five-Year Plan for rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union