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Alexander Ulyanov hanged.
Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting the assassination of Czar Alexander III. His brother's execution may have radicalised Lenin. -
Czar Alexander III dies.
Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia. Nicholas goes on to lead russian revolutions like Bloody Sunday. -
Lenin death.
Lenin arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, then exiled to Siberia for 3 years. Lenin, the founder of the Russian Communist party, later died and left documents telling damnation of Stalin. -
Nicholas II crowned Czar of Russia.
Nicholas' formal coronation was held in Uspensky Cathedral within the Kremlin. The Silk Imperial Crown of Russia was used, Nicholas was the first and only monarch presented with such a monumental gift. -
Russian social-democratic party splits.
Russian social-democratic labor party splits into two factions. The minority (mensheviks) headed by Julius Martov, and the Majority (bolsheviks) headed by Lenin. -
Bloody Sunday.
Unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by Imperial Guard soldiers. Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution. -
The Fundamental Laws of 1906.
A constitution named The Fundamental Laws of 1906 was created, reflecting promises made in the October Manifesto. The constitution transformed the formerly absolutist state into one where the emperor agreed to share his power with the parliament. -
World War I begins.
During the final phase of WWI the Russian Revolution began which removed Russia from the war. The Russian empire transformed into the USSR which replaced their traditional monarchy with the world's first communist state.
