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Assassination Attempt.
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III, the Russian Monarch. -
Inevitable death.
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia, even though he was woefully unprepared for this task. -
Marriage
Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovn -
Lenin Arrested
While involved in producing a news sheet, Rabochee delo ("Workers' Cause"), he was among 40 activists arrested in St. Petersburg and charged with sedition, he was then kept in Solitary confinement for 13 months and exiled to Serbia for 3 years. -
Officially Crowned
Nicholas II offically crowned the Czar of Russia -
The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party Split!
Starting July 30th and ending on August 23rd, The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meet in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
Czar Nicholas heir
After having four girls, his wife finally gives birth to his first boy, his Heir to the throne Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, which was soldiers shooting at crowds of protesters, causes the 1905 Russian Revolution in St. Petersburg -
The "Promise"
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) -
The Great War
World War I Begins. -
Russian Army
Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army -
The Constitution.
A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto -
Rasputin Murdered
The aristocracy could not stand a peasant in such a high position. Peasants could not stand the rumors that the tsarina was sleeping with such a scoundrel. Rasputin was seen as "the dark force" that was ruining Mother Russia. -
Revolution
The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar) Starting on March 8th and ending upon March 12th. -
Abdication
Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed -
The return.
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train -
Petrograd protests.
The July, starting July 16rd ending July 20th, revolution begins 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 new Prime Minister
Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government -
The Kornilov Affair
The Kornilov Affair, a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army starting September 4th ending September 9th -
The October Revolution
the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar) -
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 -
The Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I -
The Bolshevik Party.
The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party -
The Capital
The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow -
Civil Unrest.
Russian civil war begins -
Execution
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed -
The end?
Russia's Civil war ends, with the opposing power winning. -
Unision.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
