Russia in Chekhov's Time

By jaswim
  • Death of Nicholas I

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    Reign of Alexander II

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    Chekhov's Life

  • [Serf] Emancipation Manifesto

    The abolishment of serfdom under Alexander II.
  • Treaty of Berlin

    Final act of the Congress of Berlin, a month-long event that left Russia in a worse place
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    Reign of Alexander III

  • Assassination of Alexander II

    Even though he was much more liberal than his predecessor, some thought he still was not left-wing enough. He was killed by a bomb thrown by a member of "The People's Will," a radical organization
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    Initial Contruction fhe Trans-Siberian Railway

  • Three Sisters debuts at Moscow Art Theatre

  • Bloody Sunday

    The beginning of the Revolution of 1905