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Russia in 1913

Historical records for Russia in 1913, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

20Records
20Events
11Named people
3Places
10Categories

Historical records

January

January 1913Marxism and National QuestionJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Vienna · Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Writes on nationality policy for the Bolshevik current.

March

March 1913The Balkan War and SocialismLeon Trotsky

Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Writes The Balkan War and Socialism while analyzing nationalism, war and socialist policy in southeastern Europe.

April

2 April 1913Letter to ChkheidzeLeon Trotsky

Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Writes to Nikolay Chkheidze during continuing disputes over Bolshevik organization and Social Democratic unity.

May

13 May 1913Invention of AeroplaneIgor Sikorsky

Science / Technology

The 1st 4 engine aircraft is built & flown by Igor Sikorsky

30 May 1913Serbian QuestionSergei Sazonov

St Petersburg · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 1st

Backs Serbia while trying to manage Great Power tension.

December

23 December 1913Four-Engine Passenger AircraftIgor Ivanovich Sikorsky

Saint Petersburg · Science / Technology

The achievement marks four-engine passenger aircraft as an important Russian scientific milestone.

23 December 1913Ilya Muromets First FlightIgor Ivanovich Sikorsky

Saint Petersburg · Science / Technology

Leads the first flight of the Ilya Muromets four-engine aircraft.

December 1913Postwar DiplomacySergei Sazonov

St Petersburg · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 2nd

Backs Serbia after the Balkan settlements.

Other Events

1913Bolshevik CaucusRoman Malinovsky

Politics / Bolshevik Party

Instructed by Lenin to split the SDP delegation in the Duma & form a Bolshevik Caucus

1913Bolshevik PartyRoman Malinovsky

Politics / Bolshevik Party

The Mensheviks turn down Lenins programe & find a leader in Malinovsky. 6 Bolshevik deputies demand 7 Menshevik deputies accept Lenins programme

1913Faberge Imperial Rock Crystal EggNicholas II

House / House of Holstein

The The Faberge Imperial rock crystal egg with rose cut diamonds set in platinum is created for the Tsar, an American in 1994 pays $5.5 mil for the egg, only 56 eggs are commissioned by the Tsars and Tsarinas

1913Government CriticismAlexander Fedorovich Kerensky

Saint Petersburg · Politics / Trudoviks

Kerensky repeatedly attacks ministers and administrative abuses from the Duma platform, becoming one of the most prominent speakers on the radical opposition benches.

1913ManifestoRoman Malinovsky

Politics / Bolshevik Party

The Mensheviks turn down Lenins programe & find a leader in Malinovsky. 6 Bolshevik deputies demand 7 Menshevik deputies accept Lenins programme

1913Menshevik PartyRoman Malinovsky

Politics / Bolshevik Party

The Mensheviks turn down Lenins programe & find a leader in Malinovsky. 6 Bolshevik deputies demand 7 Menshevik deputies accept Lenins programme

1913Opposition SpeechesAlexander Fedorovich Kerensky

Saint Petersburg · Politics / Trudoviks

Kerensky delivers forceful parliamentary speeches against autocratic practices and restrictions on political liberty, increasing his national reputation as a Trudovik spokesman.

1913Parliamentary OppositionAlexander Fedorovich Kerensky

Saint Petersburg · Politics / Trudoviks

Kerensky works with other opposition deputies to expose government abuses while maintaining the Trudovik commitment to representative government and social reform.

1913Political PrisonersAlexander Fedorovich Kerensky

Saint Petersburg · Politics / Trudoviks

Kerensky continues advocating legal protections for political defendants and prisoners, linking his work as a lawyer with his Trudovik parliamentary activity.

1913Romanov TercentenarySergei Yulyevich Witte

Saint Petersburg · Government / Government of Russia

Lives through the Romanov tercentenary under diminished political influence.

1913That Which Never HappenedBoris Viktorovich Savinkov

Arts / Literature

Publication of "That Which Never Happened"

1913The BellsSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov

Arts / Classical Music

Composes, "The Bells"

Names involved

Alexander Fedorovich KerenskyBoris Viktorovich SavinkovIgor Ivanovich SikorskyIgor SikorskyJoseph Vissarionovich StalinLeon TrotskyNicholas IIRoman MalinovskySergei SazonovSergei Vasilyevich RachmaninovSergei Yulyevich Witte

Places involved

Saint PetersburgSt PetersburgVienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.