Li-Lobanov Treaty
Secures rights linked to the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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1896 in Russia
Explore 14 historical events and records for Russia in 1896.
Historical records for Russia in 1896
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June
Chinese Eastern Railway
Backs the railway route across Manchuria toward Vladivostok.
Li-Lobanov Treaty
China agrees to allow a Russian railway route through Manchuria.
October
Drama
The first night of The Seagull at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Petersburg was a fiasco, booed by the audience, and stung Chekhov into renouncing the theatre
Other events (month unknown)
Arrest of Fedor Ivanovich Dan
Arrested & exiled to Orlov for 3 yrs
Birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov
Birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov
Birth of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Birth of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, son of peasant parents born in Moscow
Birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Diplomatic Plan
Russia discloses a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete
Drama
The Art Theatre commissions more plays from Chekhov & stages Uncle Vanya
Foreign Secretary of Russia
Appointed Foreign Minister
Gold Standard Preparation
Witte accumulates gold reserves and prepares the legislation needed to make the ruble convertible.
Underground Work
Helps maintain contacts in the illegal Marxist network.
Workers Agitation
Continues agitation among workers before the party is created.
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