Historical place archive

Baltic Sea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Baltic Sea in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records3 event labels6 people987–1939

Historical events in Baltic Sea

987

987
Rule of Baltic Sea
Vladimir I · House of Russia

Consolidates rule from the Baltic to Ukraine

1617

1617
Rule of Baltic Sea
Michael · Russia War

Russia gives up access to the Baltic Sea

1700

1700
Baltic Ambition
Peter I the Great · Great Northern War

Peter I seeks access to the Baltic and challenges Sweden's dominance while Charles XII is still a young monarch.

1919

September 1919
Commander of White Army
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich · Civil War

Appointed Commander of the White Army in the Baltic

September 1919
Commander of White Army
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich · Military

Appointed Commander of the White Army in the Baltic

1939

23 August 1939
Rule of Baltic Sea
Joseph Stalin · Government of Russia

The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States

23 August 1939
Rule of Baltic Sea
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov · World War, 2nd

Under the Nazi-Soviet Pact Russia takes eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Baltic Sea. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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