Eastern Front
Appointed Commander of the Eastern Front to hold the Caucasus against the Turks
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1915 in Russia — Page 3
Explore 94 historical events and records for Russia in 1915.
Historical records for Russia in 1915
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Eastern Front
Appointed Commander of the Eastern Front to hold the Caucasus against the Turks
Exile of Lev Borisovich Kamenev
Exiled to Siberia, 1915-1917
First Year of the War
Writes First Year of the War as part of his continuing socialist opposition to the First World War.
German Captivity
German forces captured Malinovsky during the First World War, and he spent much of the remaining conflict as a Russian prisoner of war in Germany.
Menshevik Party
Prevents Lenin creating a Bolshevik revolutionary civil war
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Minority Rights
Kerensky supports demands to remove discriminatory restrictions and extend political and cultural rights to national minorities within the Russian Empire.
Offensive
Delays detachment of reserves for the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, Ivanov is defeated
Political Amnesty Demand
Kerensky supports opposition demands for a general amnesty for political prisoners as part of a broader programme of wartime political reform.
Rasputin Influence Fuels Ministerial Rumours
Grigori Rasputin became a focus of rumours that court favourites were shaping government appointments during the First World War.
Scythian Suite
Composes, "Scythian Suite"
War Criticism
Kerensky criticises military failures, shortages and government incompetence, arguing that wartime problems reveal deeper weaknesses in the imperial political system.
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