Russian Revolution

Lenin's brother is hanged

May 8, 1887

Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III

Czar Alexander III Dies

Oct 20, 1894

Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia

Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna

Nov 14, 1894

Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna

Lenin is arrested

Dec 8, 1895

Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years

Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

May 14, 1896

Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

The Russian Social_Democratic Labor Party meeting

Jul 17, 1903

The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority")

Bloody Sunday

Jan 9, 1905

Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution

The Fundamental Laws of 1906

Apr 23, 1906

A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto

World War I begins

Jul 15, 1914

World War I begins

Riots By Women

Mar 10, 1917

Bending to riots by women, striking workers and defecting soldiers, tsar Nicholas II abdicates, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty

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