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1916
December
30
Key event
Murder of Rasputin
Before dawn on 30 December 1916 aristocratic plotters in Petrograd killed Grigori Rasputin, the imperial couple's favourite, and sank his body in the Neva.
1917
January
09
Golitsyn becomes prime minister of Russia
On 9 January 1917 the Tsar dismissed Prime Minister Trepov. The post went to 66-year-old Prince Nikolai Golitsyn, who had begged to be spared.