1914 in Russia

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Events from the year 1914 in Russia

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchNicholas II
  • Chairman of the Council of MinistersVladimir Kokovtsov (until 12 February), Ivan Goremykin (starting 12 February)

Events[]

  • 8 April–9 May - St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament
  • 10 May - opening of  [ru]
  • 29 June - world's first high-speed long-range flight of a heavy aircraft Ilya Muromets started, on the route Saint Petersburg - Orsha - Kopys - Kiev - Saint Petersburg
  • 28 July - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. World War I begins
  • 29 July - In connection with the difficult international situation, Russia begins mobilization in the areas bordering Austria-Hungary. General mobilization is announced the next day. Emperor Nicholas II of Russia sent a telegram to Germany's Wilhelm II with a proposal to "transfer the Austria/Serbia question to the Hague Conference." Wilhelm did not reply to this telegram.
  • 1 August - German Empire declares war on Russia
  • 6 August - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
  • 26–30 August - Battle of Tannenberg: German victory
  • 29 August - Abschwangen massacre
  • 31 August - Emperor Nicholas II renamed St. Petersburg to Petrograd as a response to the rise of anti-German sentiment.
  • 1 November - Russia declares war on Ottoman Turkey
  • 25 December - Battle of Ardahan begins

Births[]

Paul
  • March 16Arkady Chernyshev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)[1]
  • 15 June - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the CPSU (1982–84), Chairman of the KGB (1967–82)
  • 23 August - Lev Ozerov, translator
  • August 28Paul, Finnish Orthodox archbishop (d. 1988)
  • 2 October - Yuri Levitan, radio announcer

Deaths[]

  • January 3Nadezhda Rykalova, actress (born 1824)
  • 8 September - Pyotr Nesterov, pilot and aircraft designer

References[]

  1. ^ Anatoly Tarasov (1997). Tarasov: The Father of Russian Hockey : Hockey's Rise to International Prominence Through the Eyes of a Coaching Legend. Griffin Publishing Group. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-882180-74-5.

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