1905 ⟶ Bloody Sunday: St. Petersburg Massacre Sparks Revolution
January 22: The Revolution of 1905 in Russia erupts.Year
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🔪 Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
Tsar Alexander II is assassinated.⟶

AssassinationTsarPolitical ViolenceAutocracyPopulismImperialism

🗳️ Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Emerge from RSDLP Split
July – August: In Russia the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks form from the breakup of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.⟶

SocialismMarxismRussian RevolutionBolsheviksVladimir LeninPolitical PartiesIdeologyPolitical Division

🩸 Bloody Sunday: St. Petersburg Massacre Sparks Revolution
January 22: The Revolution of 1905 in Russia erupts.⟶

RevolutionTsar Nicholas IIProtestPolitical UnrestAutocracySocial Reform

🔪 Assassination of Grigori Rasputin
December 30: Grigori Rasputin is assassinated in Russia.⟶

AssassinationRussian EmpireWorld War IPolitical IntrigueTsar Nicholas IIRomanov DynastyMonarchyPolitical InstabilityConspiracy

🇷🇺 February Revolution Overthrows Russian Empire
March 8: Russian Revolution ends the Russian Empire; beginning of Russian Civil War.⟶

Russian RevolutionRussian EmpireTsar Nicholas IICivil WarBolsheviksWorld War IPolitical InstabilityRevolution

🇷🇺 Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd
November 7 (O.S. October 25): October Revolution in the Russian Republic.⟶

Russian RevolutionBolsheviksVladimir LeninSoviet UnionCommunismSocialismCivil War
