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Russian Revolutionaries Emerge and Gain Power
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Spread of Marxism
Russia experienced industrialization, increasing the worker class, further contributing to concerns with the Russian government.
The ideas of early Russian Marxists spread to other Russian intellectuals. -
Arrest and Exile of Lenin to Siberia
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Formation of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
In Minsk, nine different Marxist movements form the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. -
Publication of the Iskra
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Publication of What Is to Be Done?
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2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party meets for the second time in Brussels and later London, where the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks split. -
1905 Revolution
Workers revolt in the Russian Revolution of 1905 in St. Petersburg and other large cities, leading to the implementation of the Duma. -
4th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
In Stockholm, Sweden, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party holds their 4th congress in which the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks temporarily unite. -
Lena Massacre
The Russian government sent troops to shoot striking workers in the gold mines of Lena, sending more unrest throughout the empire. -
Prague Conference
Lenin excludes the Mensheviks from his conference in Prague.
The Bolsheviks gain more popular support in large cities, but are pushed into secrecy by the government.