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Invasion
Russia invades the Ottoman terriories of Walachia and Moldavia. -
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Russia
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Ottoman empire declares war on Russia, officially starting the Crimean War.
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Britain and France also become involved in the Crimean War, Declaring war on Russia.
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Russia deserts Wallachia and Moldavia to stop the Austrian empire from entering the war.
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Czar Nicholas died; Alexander II becomes new Czar.
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Crimean War ends with the signing of The Treaty of Paris.
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Treaty of Aigun signed.
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Populism is embraced (new intellectual movement)
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Convention of Peking. China gave the Ussuri Krai over to Russia.
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Czar Alexander II freed the serfs.
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Conserveratories are put in place in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Anti-Russian uprising in Poland.
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Zemstva were established for the local self-government of the citizens.
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An incursion by the Russian Army into the Khanate of Kokand
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Romuald Traugutt (dictator of the anti-Russian uprising) is hanged.
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Decree by Alexander II that created new laws which unified and liberalized the Russian judiciary.
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Russian army captures Tashkent.
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Russia sells Alaska to the United States.
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The Khanate of Kokand became a Russian vassal state.
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Leo Tolstoy writes "War and Peace"