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Nicholas II steps to the throne
Nicholas II becomes what is to be the last tsar of Russia. -
Bolsheviks form
Bolsheviks form out of splitting from the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (exact date not specified) -
Bloody Sunday
Protesters led by Father Georgy Gapon were shot by imperial guards, hurting the reputation of the tsar autocracy. -
Nicholas' Abdication
Final czar of Russia Nicholas II abdicates under the pressure of the soviets. -
October Revolution
Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin as well as Leon Trotsky lead the red army in revolt against the Provisional government. -
Trotsky in office
Born Lev Bronshtein, Marxist revolutionary and soviet politician Leon Trotsky, who had built and commanded the red army which one the Russian Civil War, is put into office for the first time. -
Lenin becomes leader
After winning the Russian Civil War, Lenin becomes new Communist Russia's chairman. -
Lenin pronounced dead
Due to stress-related circumstances and sustained injuries, Lenin dies after a third stroke which leaves him mute and bed-ridden.
