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| 1876 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich |  |
| Birth of Maxim Maximovich Litvinov |
| 1885 | Radek, Karl Bernhardovich |  |
| Birth of Karl Bernhardovich Radek |
| 1898 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| Minsk 1st all-Russian Congress of Social Democratic organizations proclaim the RSDP |
| 1898 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich |  |
| Appointed Member of the Social Democratic Party |
| 1900 | Struve, Peter Berngardovich |  |
| Composes the manifesto for the new Russian Social Democratic Labour Party |
| The manifesto replaces the People's Will which is edited by the Central Committee |
| 1901 | Kamenev, Lev Borisovich |  |
| Joins the Russian Social Democratic Party |
| 1901 | Radek, Karl Bernhardovich |  |
| Appointed Member of the Polish & Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
| 1901 | Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich |  |
| Appointed Member of the Ruissian Social Democratic Party |
| 1902 | Trotsky, Leon |  |
| London Appointed Member of the RSDP, after meeting Lenin for the 1st time |
| London Escapes to London from Siberia |
| 1903 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| July London Mensheviks get their version of rule 1 accepted, right wingers resign |
| July London The party is left with a Bolshevik majority |
| July London Wants rule 1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| 17th July Brussels Opening day of the 2nd Congress |
| 18th July London The Congress is forced to move to London |
| 29th July London The 2nd Congress re-opens in Southgate Rd, London |
| 1903 | Martov, Yuly Osipovich |  |
| Rule 1, "work under the control & guidance of 1 of the organizations of the party" |
| The Mensheviks get rule 1 accepted, the right resign & the party becomes Bolshevik |
| 1903 | Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich |  |
| Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party |
| 1905 | Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich |  |
| Appointed Member of the Social Democratic Party |
| 1905 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| 25th April London Held 25 April-10 May |
| 25th April London onvened by Lenin who believes that revolution is imminent |
| 25th April The Congress is only attended by the Bolsheviks |
| 1905 | Trotsky, Leon |  |
| "We are given a Constitution but absolutism remains" |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg Helps found the St Petersburg Soviet, 50 such Soviets are soon founded all over Russia |
| 1907 | Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich |  |
| Elected to the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Party |
| 1908 | Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich |  |
| Forced into exile |
| 1914 | Armand, Inessa |  |
| 16th July The ISB defends Lenin against charges of splitting the party |