1894
Nicholas II succeeds Alexander III
1914
War breaks out against Germany
St. Petersburg is renamed Petrograd
1915
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich is removed as Comannder in Chief
Nicholas II appoints himself Commander in Chief, leaves for the front
Alexandra’s power and role in the government grow rapidly
1916
Rasputin murdered by Yusupov and others December 16
1917
February: Massive demonstrations break out over food shortages
Riots turn into revolution and mutiny
Nicholas II abdicates February 28
The Provisional Government attempts to restore order
March 4: The Provisional Government forms:
The Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry for the Investigation of Illegal Acts by Ministers and Other Responsible Persons of the Tsarist Regime
The Thirteenth Section, charged with investigating the Dark Forces (all who knew Rasputin are incarcerated and interrogated)
August: The former imperial family is exiled to Siberia
October: Second Revolution breaks out as Lenin and Bolsheviks seize power
1918
Nicholas, Alexandra, and children are secretly executed July 16
1919
The report of the Thirteenth Section, nearly 500 pages long, vanishes
Maria Rasputin escapes from Russia
1920
Russian Civil War ends
1977
Maria Rasputin dies in Hollywood, California
1995
The entire report of the Thirteenth Section is auctioned at Sotheby’s in Paris