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Declaration of War

Name: Declaration of War – Russia factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Russia · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1914–1918Date range

3Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1914

Nicholas II1 August 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Germany declares war on Russia

Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov1 August 1914

Moscow · Warfare / World War, 1st

Handed a written declaration of war from the German Ambassador Count Portales

Nicholas II6 August 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Russia & Austria are at War

Nicholas II2 November 1914

Warfare / World War, 1st

Russia declares war on Turkey

1915

Nicholas II19 October 1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria

1918

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin29 July 1918

Warfare / World War, 1st

Declares a de facto state of war against the Allies

Names involved

Nicholas IISergey Dmitriyevich SazonovVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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