Timeline

TIMELINE


 * Sequence of events that eventually result in the fall of the Romanov Dynasty **


 * 1613: Mikhail Romanov takes the throne after the "Time of Troubles" as the first ruler of the Romanov Dynasty
 * 1861: Alexander II abolishes serfdom; however, the serfs are ripped off and cheated out of land
 * Industrial growth causes the middle class (bourgeoisie/factory owners) to appear in Russia and the lower class becomes the proletariat (factory workers). The Industrial revolution has created a demand for workers' rights.
 * 1903: The **Russian Social Democratic Party** is formed (a revolutionary group that aimed to unite all the revolutionaries).
 * The Russian Social Democratic Party breaks off into two groups, the more peaceful Menshevics led by Kerensky and the more radical and aggressive Bolshevics led by **Lenin**.
 * 1904-1905: **Russo-Japanese War**, Russia suffers a surprising loss.
 * 1905: In St. Petersburg peaceful protestors were shot (**Bloody Sunday**).
 * 1905 Revolution: Many workers strike and revolt, forcing Nicolas II to create the October Manifesto and become a constitutional monarchy. The **Duma** (parliament) is formed.
 * 1905: **Trotsky** and the Mensheviks create the Soviet (workers' council).
 * 1906: The first Duma is dissolved.
 * 1907: The second Duma is created but later on in the year is dissolved. The third Duma would also be created that year.
 * 1912: The third Duma is dissolved and the fourth Duma is created.
 * 1914: **World War I** breaks out and Russia has no choice but to enter. At the beginning there is patriotic support, but after the crushing defeats at Tannenburg and Masurian lakes Russians become very anti-war.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1915: The Tsar makes himself commander-in-chief of the army, baking him the one to blame for the disastrous consequences of the war.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1916: **Rasputin** is murdered by a monarchist hoping to save the Dynasty.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1917: **February Revolution** begins as an unorganized strike in Petrograd. Mutinies of the police and the soldiers take place.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1917: Tsar Nicolas II was away at the front but he receives many telegrams advising him to abdicate his throne, which he does on **March 2**.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1917: Provisional government under Kerensky takes over.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1917: Romanov family is put under house arrest.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1918: In April the Romanov family is moved to Ekaterinburg
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1918: In June the "Whites" (monarchists in the **civil war**) advanced toward Ekaterinburg
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1918: July 17th, the entire Romanov family is shot dead in the basement of a house in Ekaterinburg.