by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Russian Empire
The Ukrainians call the famine the “Holodomor,” a name that means “murder through starvation.” In 1932 and 1933, millions died in the Ukraine. The country was hit by the Holodomor, a famine so terrible that, for the people caught in the middle... by ciprian | Nov 18, 2018 | Programmatic Documents, Russian Empire
Ultimately the Ukrainians sought protection from the Germans with whom they negotiated a peace treaty at Best-Litovsk in 1918. Exacting a heavy economic price for their support the Germans duly took the Ukrainians’ side and obliged the Bolsheviks to accept an... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Oct 30, 2018 | Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
The Battle of Stallupönen was the first military action on the Eastern Front during the First World War. The First Russian Army, led by General Paul von Rennenkampf, met on the battlefield the First Corps of the Eighth German Army, led by Hermann von Francois. It was... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Oct 13, 2018 | Finland, New or Changed Borders, Russian Empire
Finland’s independence was made possible by the Russian Revolution of February-March 1917. Proclaimed at the end of 1917, after the “Great Socialist Revolution of October”, Finland’s independence was not immediately recognized by other European states. Paradoxically,... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Sep 24, 2018 | World War I in 1918
Not even half of year had passed since tsarism had been overthrown- and, as always, history repeated itself: the new leadership in Petrograd failed to keep its promises, and the populace believed that everything would be resolved, yet again, in the street. But what...