Historical place archive

Siberia in History

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

9 records9 event labels7 people1581–1958

Historical events in Siberia

1581

1581
Capture of Siberia
Ivan IV the Terrible · Military

Captures Siberia

1895

1895
Trans-Siberian Railway
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Government of Russia

Expands railway construction across Siberia.

1898

March 1898
Party Founded
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Learns of the new party while still in Siberian exile.

1917

1917
Bolshevik Party
Sergei Mironovich Kirov · Bolshevik Party

In exile during the February Revolution

1917
Exile of Sergei Mironovich Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov · Bolshevik Party

In exile during the February Revolution

1929

1929
Commander of Siberia
Vasily Konstantinovich Blucher · Military

Appointed Commander of Eastern Siberia

1949

1949
Death of Mikhail Markovich Borodin
Mikhail Markovich Borodin · Government of Russia

Death of Mikhail Markovich Borodin while under arrest

1953

July 1953
Strike
Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov · Government of Russia

Strikes breakout at the Vorkuta labour camps in Siberia

1958

1958
Manager
Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov · Government of Russia

Appointed Manager of a hydroelectric station

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Siberia. 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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