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1908 in Russia

Explore 12 historical events and records for Russia in 1908.

Historical records for Russia in 1908

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August

Arrest of Klimenty Efremovich Voroshilov

Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich ยท Lugansk ยท Chairman of Lugansk Soviet ยท Politics / Bolshevik Party

Arrested & forced into exile, 1908-1917

Bolshevik Party

Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich ยท Lugansk ยท Chairman of Lugansk Soviet ยท Politics / Bolshevik Party

Arrested & forced into exile, 1908-1917

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Birth of Valentin Petrovich Glushko

Glushko, Valentin Petrovich ยท Science / Technology

Birth of Valentin Petrovich Glushko

Bolshevik Party

Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich ยท Member of Central Committee ยท Politics / SDP

Sides with Lenin in 1908 when the Bolshevik faction split into Lenins supporters and Alexander Bogdanovs followers

Criticism of Court Politics

Witte, Sergei Yulyevich ยท Saint Petersburg ยท Former Prime Minister of Russia ยท Government / Government of Russia

Criticises conservative court influence after leaving office.

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich ยท Member of Central Committee ยท Politics / SDP

Forced into exile

Factional Dispute

Bogdanov, Alexander Alexandrovich ยท Capri ยท Bolshevik Leader ยท Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Clashes with Lenin over strategy and party education.

Leo Tolstoy Poet and Rebel

Trotsky, Leon ยท Marxist Leader ยท Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Writes Leo Tolstoy, Poet and Rebel, combining literary criticism with an assessment of Tolstoy's social significance.

Materialism and Empirio-Criticism

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Geneva ยท Bolshevik Leader ยท Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Attacks Bogdanov's philosophy amid Bolshevik factional conflict.

Move toward Donbas Industrial Life

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich ยท Donbas ยท Metalworker ยท Government / Government of Russia

His family moves toward the Donbas industrial region, where he later enters mining and metalworking.

Nobel Prize

Mechnikov, Ilya Ilyich ยท Stockholm ยท Biologist ยท Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on immunity, particularly his discovery of phagocytosis as a cellular defence mechanism.

Rasputin Faces Growing Society Criticism

Rasputin, Grigori ยท Saint Petersburg ยท Religious Figure ยท Religion / Church of Russia

Grigori Rasputin's court access provoked objections from clergy and courtiers who questioned his conduct and religious authority.

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