Russian Revolution 1894 – 1921
Nov 1894 – Nicholas II becomes tsar of Russia
May 1896 – Khodynka tragedy – Nicholas coronation
1903 – 06 – wave of anti – Jewish programs
Jan 1905 – start of the 1905 revolution
Oct 1905 – October manifesto issued
Nov 1905 – Sergei Witte becomes prime minister
April 1906 – New constitution – First fundamental Laws – First Duma
July 1906 – Pyotr Stolypin prime minister
Sep 1911 – Assassination of Stolypin
July 1914 – First world war begins
Feb 1917 – February Revolution – Nicholas II abdicates
April 1917 – Lenin returns from exile
Oct 1917 – October Revolution – Bolsheviks seize power
1918-21 – Civil war - Terror
Jan 1918 – Constituent Assembly dissolved
March 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk – Russia withdraws from the
war
Nov 1894 – Nicholas II becomes tsar of Russia
May 1896 – Khodynka tragedy – Nicholas coronation
1903 – 06 – wave of anti – Jewish programs
Jan 1905 – start of the 1905 revolution
Oct 1905 – October manifesto issued
Nov 1905 – Sergei Witte becomes prime minister
April 1906 – New constitution – First fundamental Laws – First Duma
July 1906 – Pyotr Stolypin prime minister
Sep 1911 – Assassination of Stolypin
July 1914 – First world war begins
Feb 1917 – February Revolution – Nicholas II abdicates
April 1917 – Lenin returns from exile
Oct 1917 – October Revolution – Bolsheviks seize power
1918-21 – Civil war - Terror
Jan 1918 – Constituent Assembly dissolved
March 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk – Russia withdraws from the
war
