Strike
Organizes a major industrial strike
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1902 in Russia
Explore 26 historical events and records for Russia in 1902.
Historical records for Russia in 1902
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January
Birth of Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov
Birth of Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov
March
What Is to Be Done?
Sets out the argument for a disciplined revolutionary organisation.
What Is to Be Done?
Publishes What Is to Be Done?, setting out his vanguard party argument.
April
Assassination of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin
Assassination of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin
Death of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin
Death of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin, assassinated
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Assassinated by a student from Kiev University who had been expelled
Death of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Death of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve, assassinated
Iskra Printing
Helps arrange Iskra printing at Clerkenwell Green in London.
June
Manchurian Policy
Questions policies that risk conflict over Manchuria.
Rule of Manchuria
Supports railway and financial interests linked to Manchuria.
Other events (month unknown)
Draft Programme
Prepares programme drafts debated before the Second Congress.
Earthquake
An earthquake kills 2000
Exile of Leon Trotsky
Escapes to London from Siberia
Finance Ministry
Continues directing industry and commerce through the Finance Ministry.
Iskra Editorial Collaboration
Begins working with Lenin, Plekhanov, Martov and other Russian Social Democrats around the émigré newspaper Iskra.
Iskra Network
Works in London as Iskra develops party organisation abroad.
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior, 2nd term
Press
Appointed Editor of The Liberation a liberal fortnightly publication in Germany
Rebellion of student
A student rebellion takes place at Moscow University
Rebellion of student
A student rebellion takes place at Moscow University
Reform of Local Government
Attempts to make the Zemstva a branch of the Ministry of Interior
RSDLP
Appointed Member of RSDP, after meeting Lenin for the 1st time
Social Revolutionary Party
Helps found the Social Revolutionary Party
Trotsky Pseudonym Adopted
Escapes Siberian exile using papers bearing the name Trotsky, the surname he thereafter uses publicly.
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