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Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
Nicholas II, the last czar, is crowned ruler of Russia in the old Ouspensky Cathedral in Moscow. He was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change. -
World War I begins
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The February Revolution begins
strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd -
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
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Lenin returns from exile
arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train -
The Russian Civil War Begins
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Russia withdraws from World War I
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Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd
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The October Revolution
the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd -
Bolshevik Party changes name
to the Communist Party -
The capital of Russia is changed
from St. Petersburg to Moscow -
Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
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Russian civil war ends
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Lenin suffers second stroke
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U.S.S.R. established
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Lenin dies
Gorki Leninskiye, Russia -
Bloody Sunday
In St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
