by admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, New or Changed Borders, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia
The Dual Monarchy, according to the census of 1910, had a population of 51,390,223 people, of which 55,60% of the population, namely 28,571,934 people were in the Cisleithanian states, under the direct authority of the Austrian government: Lower Austria, Upper... by ciprian | Jan 27, 2018 | Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
The Willy-Nicky Telegrams’, as they are known by historians, represent the correspondence between the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, and the Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, on the eve of First World War, between July 29thand August 1st1914. The two monarchs were third... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 26, 2018 | Finland, Russian Empire
The origin of Finns is still a controversial issue among specialists. Generally, archaeologists and linguists agree that a population speaking an ancient Baltic-Finnish language has occupied the southern and western parts of Finland’s current territory since... by Ciprian Stoleru | Jan 24, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Programmatic Documents, Romania
After the outbreak of the February Revolution in Petrograd in 1917 and the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Romanians in Bessarabia sought their way to self-determination by creating local bodies that would provide them with autonomy at the very least, if not... by ciprian | Jan 22, 2018 | Programmatic Documents, World War I in 1918
President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were severed. In a Special Session of Congress held on 2 April 1917, President Wilson delivered this ‘War Message.’ Four days later, Congress overwhelmingly passed the...