Menshevik Party
Prevents Lenin transforming the peace movement into a Bolsheik revolutionary civil war
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1916 in Russia — Page 2
Explore 53 historical events and records for Russia in 1916.
Historical records for Russia in 1916
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Novy Mir
Appointed Editor of Novy Mir
On the Events in Dublin
Writes On the Events in Dublin in response to the Easter Rising and the national struggle in Ireland.
Purishkevich Denounces Rasputin in Duma
Vladimir Purishkevich publicly attacked Rasputin's perceived political influence in the Russian legislature before becoming involved in a murder plot.
Rasputin Killed at Yusupov Palace
Grigori Rasputin was murdered by conspirators in December 1916, ending his controversial relationship with the imperial family.
Sea of Marmora Mining Blockade Expanded
Kolchak's Black Sea forces use mines and naval superiority to restrict hostile shipping through the Sea of Marmora.
The Big Lie The Defence of Small Nations
Writes The Big Lie: The Defence of Small Nations, challenging wartime claims used to justify the conflict.
The National Principle
Writes The National Principle, examining nationalism and the national question during the First World War.
Turkestan Investigation
Kerensky investigates government conduct in Turkestan and the Steppe region after unrest connected with wartime mobilisation and imperial administration.
War Administration Criticism
Kerensky attacks administrative failures connected with the war and presents them as evidence of the inability of the autocratic system to govern effectively.
Yusupov Account Shapes Rasputin Legend
Felix Yusupov later publicised a sensational version of Rasputin's murder, although major details of the story remain disputed.
Yusupov Organises Plot Against Rasputin
Prince Felix Yusupov participated in a conspiracy to murder Rasputin, believing that the mystic's court influence threatened the monarchy.
Zimmerwald Left
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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