20 January 1916ChairmanBoris Vladimirovich Sturmer
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
Historical records for Russia in 1916, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
Leads Russian victory over the Turkish. Captures 13,000 prisoners & inflicts casualties of 60,000 killed or wounded
Appointed Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
The Russians attack Lake Naroch under French pressure to divert forces from Verdun
Russia has 130 Divisions for an offensive coinciding with Anglo-French attacks on the Somme
Opening of the Kienthal Conference of anti-war socialists
Opening of the Kienthal Conference of anti-war socialists
Forwarded after an appeal from the Italian King after the invasion of Italy by Austria
Escapes from Austro-Hungarian captivity and returns to Russia.
Is celebrated after escaping captivity and resumes military service.
The Second International dissolves during World War I, in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference of anti-war socialists
The Second International dissolves during World War I, in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference of anti-war socialists
The Second International dissolves during World War I, in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference of anti-war socialists
The Offensive is halted, the Russians had taken 450,000 prisoners but lost 1,000,000
Is expelled from France after sustained anti-war journalism and political activity during the First World War.
Serves again on the Southwestern Front after returning to duty.
Has a heart attack & is forced into temporary reirement
Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.
Kerensky addresses the Duma on conditions in Turkestan and the Steppe region, criticising official abuses and the government's handling of unrest.
Assassination of Grigor Rasputin
Death of Grigor Rasputin
Kerensky's late-war speeches increasingly portray autocratic government as incapable of solving Russia's military, economic and political crises.
Establishes superiority over the Turkish Navy. Blockades hostile shipping by mining the Sea of Marmora
Appointed Editor of Novy Mir
Writes Clemency during his final period of wartime political journalism in France.
Founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" Governments in war with each other
Appointed Commander of the Black Sea Fleet
Appointed Commander of the Black Sea Fleet
Prevents Lenin transforming the peace movement into a Bolsheik revolutionary civil war
Founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" Governments in war with each other
Dismissed by Empress Alexandra after a contrived quarrel with Rasputin
Kerensky intensifies attacks on the imperial government as military defeats, economic disruption and political distrust undermine confidence in the monarchy.
Appointed Editor of Novy Mir
Kerensky demands that ministers answer to representative institutions and argues that wartime government cannot continue without public confidence and political reform.
Writes Imperialism during wartime exile.
Founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" Governments in war with each other
Prevents Lenin transforming the peace movement into a Bolsheik revolutionary civil war
Appointed Editor of Novy Mir
Writes On the Events in Dublin in response to the Easter Rising and the national struggle in Ireland.
Kolchak's Black Sea forces use mines and naval superiority to restrict hostile shipping through the Sea of Marmora.
Writes The Big Lie: The Defence of Small Nations, challenging wartime claims used to justify the conflict.
Writes The National Principle, examining nationalism and the national question during the First World War.
Kerensky investigates government conduct in Turkestan and the Steppe region after unrest connected with wartime mobilisation and imperial administration.
Kerensky attacks administrative failures connected with the war and presents them as evidence of the inability of the autocratic system to govern effectively.
Founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" Governments in war with each other
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