Balkan Reforms
Russian policy supports Austro-Russian demands for reforms in the Balkans.
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1903 in Russia
Explore 35 historical events and records for Russia in 1903.
Historical records for Russia in 1903
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February
Rule of Balkans
Russian and Austrian diplomacy presses Turkey for Macedonian reforms.
Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
Invasion of Manchuria
Agrees to the Russian annexation of Manchuria
April
Massacre
Plehve blames the Jews for revolutionary feeling. 50 Jews are killed during an anti-Jewish pogrom
July
Second Congress
Attends the Second Congress where party disputes intensify.
Second Congress
Defends a broader definition of party membership.
August
Bolshevik Menshevik Split
Wins support for a tighter centralised party organisation.
Bolshevik Menshevik Split
Becomes associated with the Menshevik faction after the split.
Menshevik Faction
Supports Martov against Lenin in party disputes.
Second Congress
Helps secure adoption of the party programme.
Second Congress
Sides with Martov during the early factional dispute.
Chairman of Committee of Ministers
Appointed chairman of the Committee of Ministers.
Committee of Ministers
Moves from finance to the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.
Loss of Finance Ministry
Leaves direct control of the Finance Ministry.
Bolshevik Party
Appointed Member of Bolshevik Party
Dismissal
Dismisses Witte as Minister of Finance
RSDLP
The first Congress of the newly formed Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) is held, and from then on Trotsky considered himself a member of the party
December
Declaration of War
Japan decides to go to war with Russia
Other events (month unknown)
Bolshevik Party
The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
Bolshevik Party
Appointed Member of Bolsheviks
Bolshevik Party
Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party
Conditioned Reflex Research
Presents research connecting digestive physiology with conditioned reflexes.
Decree
A Tsarist decree confiscates all the property of the Armenian Church in the Caucasus
Health of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
Suffers from St Anthonys fire
International Socialism
The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
International Socialist Congress
The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
Kormchiye Zvyozdy
Publication of "Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist
Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist
Publication of "Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist
Madrid Physiology Lecture
The achievement marks madrid physiology lecture as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Menshevik Party
The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
Rasputin Enters Saint Petersburg Religious Circles
Grigori Rasputin arrived in the Russian capital and gained introductions to clerics and aristocrats interested in religious mysticism.
RSDLP
The first Congress of the newly formed Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) is held, and from then on Trotsky considered himself a member of the party. After a period of secret police repression and internal confusion that followed the first party Congress in 1898, Iskra succeeded in convening the party's 2nd congress in London in August 1903, Trotsky and other Iskra editors attend
Social Revolutionary Party
Appointed Member of Socialist Revolutionary Party
Strike
Orders the police suppression of the strike in Odessa
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