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Brother hung
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III -
Czar dies
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia -
Nicholas II marries Alexandra
Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna -
Lenin is arrested
Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years -
New king
Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia -
Its a boy
After having four girls, Czarina Alexandra gives birth to a son, Alexei -
Bloody
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg -
Its ending
The October Manifesto, issued by Czar Nicholas II, brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution by promising civil liberties and an elected parliament -
Constitution
A constitution was made -
World War I
World War starts -
Assumes
Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army -
Rasputin
Rasputin is murdered -
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Russian Revolution
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He returns
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train -
Prime Minister
Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government -
October Revolution
The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar) -
Lenin controls Russia
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 -
Civil War begins
Russian civil war begins -
Lenin is injured
An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded -
Lenin is seriously injured
An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded -
Lenin stroke
Lenin suffers first stroke
