1914 in Russia explained

Events from the year 1914 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Vladimir Kokovtsov (until 12 February), Ivan Goremykin (starting 12 February)

Events

• 8 April–9 May - St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament
• 10 May - opening of
• 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
• 8 July - Government suppression of striking oil workers in Baku triggers a short but intensive wave of strikes in St Petersburg, lasting almost a week.
• 19 July - Germany declares war on Russia
• 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.
• 30 July - Prince Georgy Lvov creates the All-Russian Zemstvo Union for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Soldiers.
• 1 August - German Empire declares war on Russia
• 6 August - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
• 10 August - Austria-Hungary invades Russia^[1]
• 17 August - The Battle of Tannenberg ends
• 18 August - St Petersburg is renamed Petrograd
• 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 September - The Battle of the Masurian Lakes ends
• 3 September - the Southern Russian Army captured Lemberg, the capital of Galacia^[2]
• 9 September - Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne.
• 22 October - The five Bolshevik deputies in the Duma are arrested. They are put on trial in February 1915 and all are sentenced to exile in Siberia.^[3]
• 1 November - Russia declares war on Ottoman Turkey
• 25 December - Battle of Ardahan begins

Births

• March 16  - Arkady Chernyshev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)^[4]
• 15 June - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the CPSU (1982–84), Chairman of the KGB (1967–82)
• 23 August - Lev Ozerov, translator
• August 28 – Paul, Finnish Orthodox archbishop (d. 1988)
• 2 October - Yuri Levitan, radio announcer

Deaths

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timeline (1914 - 1921) A World at War Articles and Essays Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 Digital Collections Library of Congress . 2024-09-04 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
2. Web site: Glossary of Events: WWI: Russia . 2024-09-04 . www.marxists.org.
3. Web site: alphahis . 2019-02-04 . Russian Revolution timeline 1914-16 . 2024-09-03 . Russian Revolution . en-AU.
4. Book: Anatoly Tarasov. Tarasov: The Father of Russian Hockey : Hockey's Rise to International Prominence Through the Eyes of a Coaching Legend. 1997. Griffin Publishing Group. 978-1-882180-74-5. 165.