1918 ⟶ Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Family

July 16 – 17: Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his fami...
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1918
1924

🔪 Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

Tsar Alexander II is assassinated.⟶
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (1881)
AssassinationTsarPolitical ViolenceAutocracyPopulismImperialism
RussiaRussia

🔪 Assassination of Grigori Rasputin

December 30: Grigori Rasputin is assassinated in Russia.⟶
Assassination of Grigori Rasputin (1916)
AssassinationRussian EmpireWorld War IPolitical IntrigueTsar Nicholas IIRomanov DynastyMonarchyPolitical InstabilityConspiracy
RussiaRussia

🇷🇺 February Revolution Overthrows Russian Empire

March 8: Russian Revolution ends the Russian Empire; beginning of Russian Civil War.⟶
February Revolution Overthrows Russian Empire (1917)
Russian RevolutionRussian EmpireTsar Nicholas IICivil WarBolsheviksWorld War IPolitical InstabilityRevolution
RussiaRussia

🇷🇺 Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd

November 7 (O.S. October 25): October Revolution in the Russian Republic.⟶
Bolsheviks Seize Power in Petrograd (1917)
Russian RevolutionBolsheviksVladimir LeninSoviet UnionCommunismSocialismCivil War
RussiaRussia

🔪 Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Family

July 16 – 17: Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.⟶
Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Family (1918)
Russian RevolutionRomanov DynastyBolsheviksCivil WarCommunismPolitical ViolenceMonarchyWorld War I
RussiaRussia

⚰️ Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle

January 21: The death of Vladimir Lenin triggers power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.⟶
Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle (1924)
CommunismSoviet UnionPolitical IntrigueLeon TrotskyJoseph StalinRussian RevolutionTotalitarianismDictatorshipIdeology
RussiaRussia