15 February 1892Minister of RailwaysSergei Yulyevich Witte
Appointed Minister of Railways before moving to finance.
Historical records for Russia in 1892, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Minister of Railways before moving to finance.
Appointed Minister of Finance.
Takes charge of finance, industry and commercial policy.
Permits Russian and French military representatives to conclude a defensive military convention.
Appoints Sergei Witte as finance minister, strengthening the government's emphasis on industrial and railway development.
Receives an officer commission and begins service in Turkestan.
The achievement marks discovery of filterable virus as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Begins policies later called the Witte System.
The achievement marks lyapunov stability theory as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Approves municipal legislation that narrows the electorate and increases government control over town administration.
Completes foundational work on stability of solutions to differential equations.
Composes, "The Nutcracker"
Shows that tobacco mosaic disease passes through filters retaining bacteria.
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