Russia

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  • Jewish Immigration

  • Alexabder III dies

    Alexander III dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Nicholas II

  • "The Lower Depths"

    Maksim Gorky's play "The Lower Depths" stages thieves, prostitutes and tramps

  • Georgy Gapon fires

    Cossacks fire on peaceful protesters led by priest Georgy Gapon in St Petersburg

  • Czar Nicholas II issues October Manifesto

    responding to a general strike, Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, a sort of constitution that establishes Russia's first parliament (Duma)

  • First duma convenes

    The first duma convenes, with the largest block being won by the Cadets (38%)

  • World War 1 breaks out

    World War I breaks out in the Balkans, pitting Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, USA and Japan against Austria, Germany and Turkey (400,000 Russian soldiers die in 1914 alone)

  • Russia suffers 2 million deaths

    Russia has already suffered almost two million deaths in WWI

  • Czar Nicholas II abdicates

    Bending to riots by women, striking workers and defecting soldiers, Czar Nicholas II abdicates, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty

  • Soviet Union created

    The Soviet Union is created by uniting Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasus

  • Five-Year Plan

    Stalin enacts the first Five-Year Plan for rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union