1914 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch – Nicholas II
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Vladimir Kokovtsov (until 12 February), Ivan Goremykin (starting 12 February)
Events
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- 8 April–9 May - St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament
- 10 May - opening of {{ill|Yevpatoria tram|ru|Евпаторийский трамвай}}
- 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.
- 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{{Cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/timeline-1914-1921/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}
- 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{{Cite web |title=Glossary of Events: WWI: Russia |url=https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/w/ww1/russia.htm |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.marxists.org}}
- 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.{{Cite web |last=alphahis |date=2019-02-04 |title=Russian Revolution timeline 1914-16 |url=https://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/russian-revolution-timeline-1914-1916/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Russian Revolution |language=en-AU}}
- 1 November - Russia declares war on Ottoman Turkey
- 25 December - Battle of Ardahan begins
Births
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- March 16 – Arkady Chernyshev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992){{cite book|author=Anatoly Tarasov|title=Tarasov: The Father of Russian Hockey : Hockey's Rise to International Prominence Through the Eyes of a Coaching Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9LZAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Griffin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-882180-74-5|page=165}}
- 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
References
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