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The Russian Revoultion
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The reign or cazr Alexander II, and III
The Reign of Czars Alexander II and Alexander III (1861–1881) included the emancipation of the serfs, zemstovs, radical intellectual movements, Russification and pogroms -
Czar Alexander II was assaniated
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Manifesto issued
The absence of a mass movement and the cessation of activity by the members of the People’s Will enabled Alexander Ill’s government to issue a manifesto. -
Alexander Ulyanov is hanged
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III -
Czar Alexander III died
Czar Alexander III died due to a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, became the ruler of Russia -
Czar Nicholas II married Alexandra Fedorovna
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The Early Reign of Czar Nicholas II
The Early Reign of Czar Nicholas II (1895–1905) including Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, the Duma, the Soviets, Russian Marxism, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Revolution of 1905 -
Lenin was arrested
Lenin was arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years -
Nicholas II crowned Czar of Russia
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Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party
July 17 - August 10 (July 30 - August 23 NS) - The Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) meeting in which the Party splits into two factions: Mensheviks ("minority") and Bolsheviks ("majority") -
Czarina Alexandra gave birth to a son, Alexei
After having foru girls -
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
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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 (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
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World War I begins
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The Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Revolution
(March 16, 1917–March 1918) including Kerensky; Lenin; the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread"; the November coup d'etat; and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty -
Civil War
Civil War Ensues in Russia (March 1918–1921) including the "Reds," the "Whites," Lenin, Trotsky, the Cheka, the Russian Orthodox Church, the assassination of Czar Nicholas II and his family, and the terms of the Versailles Treaty.