1881: Alexander II Russia Timeline 1894: Accession of
assassinated by
‘the People's Will’. Nicholas II, who will
1890: Zemstvo be the last Tsar
This leads to the
Act sets up a
introduction of the
network of rural 1891: Construction
repressive
councils of the Trans-
‘temporary laws’
Siberian Railway
1880
1890
1898: All Russian
1887: University
1893: Under Sergei Social Democratic
Statute restricts
Witte’s leadership Workers’ Party (SDs)
academic freedoms
Russia experiences of Marxist
Lenin’s elder brother
‘the Great Spurt’ in revolutionaries
executed for his
1885: New strict industrial production formed
involvement in a plot
criminal code to murder Alexander
introduced III
, May: Constitutional October Manifesto
1901: Social Democratic Party issued; Octobrist Party
Revolutionary Party (Kadets) formed under formed
(SRs), a development Paul Milyukov; creates
of Populism formed Union of Unions to December:
under Victor Chernov lead revolutionary Soviets and
1903: SDs split into effort workers groups
Mensheviks (under crushed by army
August: War with
Plekhanov) and
Japan ends
Bolsheviks (under
Lenin)
1900
1905
November:
1904-5: Russo-Japanese Abolition of 1906: Elections
War sees the humiliating Redemption held for first
defeat of Russia dues Duma
June: Potemkin promised First Duma sits,
1902: Lenin publishes Mutiny September: followed by
his pamphlet, ‘What Is Vyborg Manifesto
Formation of first Witte dismissed
To Be Done’, setting Soviets
out his revolutionary as chief minister –
January: Bloody Sunday replaced by
programme
Stolypin
assassinated by
‘the People's Will’. Nicholas II, who will
1890: Zemstvo be the last Tsar
This leads to the
Act sets up a
introduction of the
network of rural 1891: Construction
repressive
councils of the Trans-
‘temporary laws’
Siberian Railway
1880
1890
1898: All Russian
1887: University
1893: Under Sergei Social Democratic
Statute restricts
Witte’s leadership Workers’ Party (SDs)
academic freedoms
Russia experiences of Marxist
Lenin’s elder brother
‘the Great Spurt’ in revolutionaries
executed for his
1885: New strict industrial production formed
involvement in a plot
criminal code to murder Alexander
introduced III
, May: Constitutional October Manifesto
1901: Social Democratic Party issued; Octobrist Party
Revolutionary Party (Kadets) formed under formed
(SRs), a development Paul Milyukov; creates
of Populism formed Union of Unions to December:
under Victor Chernov lead revolutionary Soviets and
1903: SDs split into effort workers groups
Mensheviks (under crushed by army
August: War with
Plekhanov) and
Japan ends
Bolsheviks (under
Lenin)
1900
1905
November:
1904-5: Russo-Japanese Abolition of 1906: Elections
War sees the humiliating Redemption held for first
defeat of Russia dues Duma
June: Potemkin promised First Duma sits,
1902: Lenin publishes Mutiny September: followed by
his pamphlet, ‘What Is Vyborg Manifesto
Formation of first Witte dismissed
To Be Done’, setting Soviets
out his revolutionary as chief minister –
January: Bloody Sunday replaced by
programme
Stolypin
