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12 June 1890
An imperial decree subordinated the zemstva to the authority of the appointed regional governors. -
Famine
Severe famine affects almost half of Russia's provinces -
Expansion of Industry
Witte's Great Spurt increases industrial growth; women banned from mines and children under 12 banned from working in factories -
Tsar Nicholas is crowned
Alexander III dies. His son Nicholas II succeeds him as tsar. -
Rise of Marxism
The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) held its first Party Congress. -
Russian language
As part of the Russification of Finland, Nicholas issues the Language Manifesto of 1900, making Russian the official language of Finnish administration. -
War with Qing dynasty citizens
In response to a local trade blockade, Russia invades and occupies the Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River. All 30,000 Qing Dynasty citizens are expelled from their homes and driven across the Amur River, where most drown. -
Revolution party
The Socialist-Revolutionary Party was founded. -
Incorporation of Finland
Russification of Finland: The Military Service Act incorporated the Finnish and Russian armies. -
Russification of Finland
Russification of Finland: Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland, was given the power to dismiss opponents of Russification from the Finnish government. -
Russification of Finland:
The office of the Governor-General was given dictatorial powers. -
Kishinev pogrom
A three-day pogrom began, which would leave forty-seven Jews dead. -
RSDLP split
At the second congress of the RSDLP, the party split into two factions: the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the less radical Mensheviks. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan launched a surprise torpedo attack on the Russian navy at Port Arthur. -
Russian Revolution of 1905
A strike began at the Putilov Works in St. Petersburg. -
Bloody Sunday (1905)
Peaceful demonstrators arrived at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg to present a petition to the tsar, leading was a priest named Georgi Gapon. The Imperial Guard fired on the crowd, killing around 200 and wounding 800. -
Russo-Japanese War:
The Russian Baltic Fleet was practically destroyed in the Battle of Tsushima, effectively ending the Russo-Japanese War in Japan's favour. -
Formation of the soviet
Russian Revolution of 1905: The first soviet was formed in the midst of a textile strike in Ivanovo-Voznesensk. -
Mutiny
Russian Revolution of 1905: A mutiny occurred aboard the battleship Potemkin. -
Potempkin sailors
Russian Revolution of 1905: The Potemkin sailors defected to Romania.