Russian revolution

  • alexander ulyanov is hangged

    alexander ulyanov is hangged
    Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III
  • czar alexander dies

    czar alexander dies
    Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia
  • lenin is arrested

    lenin is arrested
    Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years
  • russias king

    russias king
    Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia
  • bloody sunday

    bloody sunday
    St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
  • october manifesto

    october manifesto
    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
  • constitution

    constitution
    A constitution (the Fundamental Laws of 1906) is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto
  • war begins

    war begins
    World War I begins
  • commander of russian army

    commander of russian army
    Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of the Russian Army
  • revolution

    revolution
    The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd (also called the March Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar)
  • refuse to accept the throne

    refuse to accept the throne
    Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed
  • lenin is back

    lenin is back
    Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
  • protest

    protest
    The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding
  • alexander becomes prime minester

    alexander becomes prime minester
    •July 11 (July 24 NS) - Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
  • war ends

    war ends
    Russian civil war ends