The Russian Revolution: An Annotated Timeline

By pdagenhart

  • The Reign of Czars Alexander II and Alexander III

    PICTUREThe Reign of Czars Alexander II and Alexander III (1861–1881) including emancipation of the serfs, the zemstovs, radical intellectual movements, Russification and pogroms

  • Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III

    PICTURE

  • Czar Alexander III dies

    PICTURECzar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia

  • Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna

    PICTURE

  • The Early Reign of Czar Nicholas II

    PICTURE 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 is arrested

    PICTURE Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years

  • Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

    PICTURE

  • Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party

    PICTUREJuly 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 gives birth to a son, Alexei

    July 30 (August 12 NS) - After having four girls,PICTURE

  • Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution

    January 9 (January 22 NS) - PICTURE

  • The October Manifesto, issued by Czar Nicholas II, brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution

    October 17 (October 30 NS) - PICTURE 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

    April 23 (May 6 NS) - PICTURE

  • World War I begins

    July 15 (July 28 NS) - PICTURE

  • Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army

    September 5 (September 18 NS) - PICTURE

  • The Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Revolution

    PICTURE (March 16, 1917–March 1918) including Kerensky; Lenin; the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread"; the November coup d'etat; and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty