1794
New Russia
Odessa is founded as a capital province of "New Russia" & window to the sth
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Odessa in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Odessa is founded as a capital province of "New Russia" & window to the sth
Odessa is founded as a capital province of "New Russia" & window to the sth
Rejects British complaints after Russian batteries fire during the flag-of-truce incident at Odessa.
Commands Russian land defences during the Anglo-French bombardment of Odessa.
Begins railway work after university instead of entering academic life.
Manages railway transport connected with the Russian war effort.
Builds experience in railway administration and traffic management.
Publishes the pamphlet Auto-Emancipation.
Calls for Jewish national self-help and territorial independence.
Helps establish one of the world's earliest bacteriological stations.
The achievement marks rabies vaccination centre as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Orders the police suppression of the strike in Odessa
Strikers are joined by the crew of the Potemkin, 2,000 demonstrators are killed
2,000 are killed during unrest and the Potemkin mutiny
Emerges as a leader of the Potemkin mutineers.
His death helps trigger the Potemkin mutiny.
Faces naval revolt during the wider revolutionary crisis.
Stalin signs an instruction of the Revo-lutionary Military Council of the South-Western Front to the Command of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Armies on measures for the defense of Odessa
Russian troops kill 200 strikers in Odessa
Given the task of defending Odessa but is defeated & forced to withdraw to the Crimea
Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
Provenance
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