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Czars_saw_the_need_to_modernize
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Alexander_I_Takes_Throne
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Napoleon_Invades_Russia
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Alexander_I_Dies
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Nicholas_I_Crowned_Czar
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Nicholas_I_Dies
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Emancipation_of_serfs
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Socialists_preach_to_peasants
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Alexander_III_Inherits_throne
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Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III -
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Trans-Siberian_Railway_built
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Alexander III dies
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia -
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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
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia -
RSDLP_Splits
The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution -
The October Manifesto issued
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) -
A_constitution_is_created
A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto -
First_Duma_Meets
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WWI_Begins
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army -
February_Revolution_Begins
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd -
Lenin returns from exile
Lenin returns from exile -
July_Days
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 -
The October Revolution
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd -
Lenin_is_in_Charge
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
