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Russia in 1903

Historical records for Russia in 1903, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

34Records
26Events
14Named people
10Places
10Categories

Historical records

February

13 February 1903Balkan ReformsSergei Yulyevich Witte

Chateau d'Eau · Government / Government of Russia

Russian policy supports Austro-Russian demands for reforms in the Balkans.

13 February 1903Rule of BalkansSergei Yulyevich Witte

Chateau d'Eau · Government / Government of Russia

Russian and Austrian diplomacy presses Turkey for Macedonian reforms.

13 February 1903Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the BalkansNicholas II

Chateau dEau · Government / Government of Russia

Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans

February 1903Invasion of ManchuriaNicholas II

Manchuria · Warfare / Military

Agrees to the Russian annexation of Manchuria

April

4 April 1903MassacreVyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve

Kishinev · Government / Government of Russia

Plehve blames the Jews for revolutionary feeling. 50 Jews are killed during an anti-Jewish pogrom

July

30 July 1903Second CongressVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Brussels · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Attends the Second Congress where party disputes intensify.

30 July 1903Second CongressJulius Martov

Brussels · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Defends a broader definition of party membership.

August

10 August 1903Bolshevik Menshevik SplitVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

London · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Wins support for a tighter centralised party organisation.

10 August 1903Bolshevik Menshevik SplitJulius Martov

London · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Becomes associated with the Menshevik faction after the split.

10 August 1903Menshevik FactionAlexander Nikolayevich Potresov

London · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Supports Martov against Lenin in party disputes.

10 August 1903Second CongressGeorgi Valentinovich Plekhanov

London · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Helps secure adoption of the party programme.

10 August 1903Second CongressLeon Trotsky

London · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Sides with Martov during the early factional dispute.

16 August 1903Chairman of Committee of MinistersSergei Yulyevich Witte

Saint Petersburg · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed chairman of the Committee of Ministers.

16 August 1903Committee of MinistersSergei Yulyevich Witte

Saint Petersburg · Government / Government of Russia

Moves from finance to the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.

16 August 1903Loss of Finance MinistrySergei Yulyevich Witte

Saint Petersburg · Government / Government of Russia

Leaves direct control of the Finance Ministry.

August 1903Bolshevik PartyKlimenty Efremovich Voroshilov

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Appointed Member of Bolshevik Party

August 1903DismissalNicholas II

Government / Government of Russia

Dismisses Witte as Minister of Finance

August 1903RSDLPLeon Trotsky

Politics / SDP

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

December 1903Declaration of WarNicholas II

Warfare / Russia War

Japan decides to go to war with Russia

Other Events

1903Bolshevik PartyVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Politics / International Socialist Congress

The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

1903Bolshevik PartyJoseph Stalin

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Appointed Member of Bolsheviks

1903Bolshevik PartyGrigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Politics / SDP

Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party

1903Conditioned Reflex ResearchIvan Petrovich Pavlov

Madrid · Science / Medicine

Presents research connecting digestive physiology with conditioned reflexes.

1903DecreeNicholas II

Caucasus · Government / Government of Russia

A Tsarist decree confiscates all the property of the Armenian Church in the Caucasus

1903Health of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Science / Medicine

Suffers from St Anthonys fire

1903International SocialismVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Politics / International Socialist Congress

The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

1903International Socialist CongressVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Politics / International Socialist Congress

The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

1903Kormchiye ZvyozdyVyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist

1903Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic SymbolistVyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist

1903Madrid Physiology LectureIvan Petrovich Pavlov

Madrid · Science / Medicine

The achievement marks madrid physiology lecture as an important Russian scientific milestone.

1903Menshevik PartyVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Politics / International Socialist Congress

The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

1903RSDLPLeon Trotsky

Politics / SDP

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

1903Social Revolutionary PartyBoris Viktorovich Savinkov

Politics / SR

Appointed Member of Socialist Revolutionary Party

1903StrikeVyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve

Odessa · Government / Government of Russia

Orders the police suppression of the strike in Odessa

Names involved

Alexander Nikolayevich PotresovBoris Viktorovich SavinkovGeorgi Valentinovich PlekhanovGrigory Yevseyevich ZinovievIvan Petrovich PavlovJoseph StalinJulius MartovKlimenty Efremovich VoroshilovLeon TrotskyNicholas IISergei Yulyevich WitteVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninVyacheslav Ivanovich IvanovVyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve

Places involved

BrusselsCaucasusChateau d'EauChateau dEauKishinevLondonMadridManchuriaOdessaSaint Petersburg

Provenance

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