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Alexander II becomes Tsar
1855
Crimean war ends
1856
Abolition of serfdom
1861
Polish revolt
1863-64
Alexander II assassinated; Alexander III succeeds
1881
May Laws
1882
Peasant land banks created
1883
Land captains established
1889
Famine under Alexander III
1891-92
Death of Alexander III; Nicholas II succeeds
1894
Social democratic workers party founded
1898
Social revolutionary party established
1899
Russo-Japanese war begins
1904
What 3 events happen in 1905
July- Bloody Sunday massacre
August- Russo-Japanese war ends
October- October manifesto
Germany declares war on Russia
1914
Tsar assumes command of the army
1915
Murder of Rasputin
1916
6 events that happen in 1917
Feb- feb revolution
April- April theses
July- July days
Aug- Kornilov attempts coup
Oct- October revolution
Nov- armistice ends WW1
3 events in 1918
Constituent assembly dissolved
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Civil war begins
Civil war ends
1921