Russia 1890-1924

By Akshvir

  • 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.