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Czar Freed Serfs
The Czar freed the serfs even though they got very little land and recieved heavily in debt. -
Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
Maxist formed the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party -
Russian Social Democratic Party Split into Two
Russian Social Democratic Party split into two groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks -
Bloody Sunday
Thousands of men, women, and children peacefully marched to Czar Nicholas's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital. Their intention was to deliver a petition asking for better working conditions and a democratically elected assembly. The czar's soldiers fired on the demonstrators, killing or wounding hundreds of them. -
Leon Trotsky is Arrested
Army crushed an uprising in Moscow and police arrested workers of St. Petersburg Soviet including Leon Trotsky -
World War I Begins
Germany declares war on Russia -
Rasputin's Death
Russian nobles loyal to the Czar murdered Rasputin -
Food and Coal
Strikes and riots for food and coal break out