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The main events of 1900 that occurred in the Russian Empire . The year and month breakdown are adopted in accordance with the Gregorian calendar (new style), however, dates are indicated on both calendars, Gregorian and Julian .
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January
- December 20, 1899 ( January 1, 1900 ):
- rescue operations after what happened on the eve of the devastating Akhalkalaki earthquake ( Akhalkalaki district of Tiflis province );
- In the Kwantung region , judicial statutes of Emperor Alexander II were enacted.
- December 22, 1899 ( January 3, 1900 ) - Russian writer Dmitry Vasilievich Grigorovich died.
- December 25, 1899 ( January 6, 1900 ) - the mechanic, doctor of applied mathematics Valerian Ligin , the former mayor of Odessa and the trustee of the Warsaw school district died.
- December 27, 1899 ( January 8, 1900 ) - the opening of the First All-Russian Electrotechnical Congress in St. Petersburg.
- December 28, 1899 ( January 9, 1900 ):
- the provision of the Military Council on the establishment in the city of Sumy of the Kharkov province of the cadet corps was approved;
- an independent bishop’s department was established in the city of Grodno (the Grodno and Volkovysk diocese ).
- January 1 ( 13 ), 1900 :
- in Helsingfors, the official Finnish Newspaper , the first Russian press in Finland, began to be published;
- a department of industry, science and trade was established in the State Council ; he deals with matters related to public education, trade, and the mining and manufacturing industries.
- January 4 ( 16 ), 1900 :
- in St. Petersburg, Prince of Imperial Blood Nikita Alexandrovich was born, the son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and his cousin, Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna ;
- in Moscow, a congress of figures on agricultural education has opened.
- January 5 ( 17 ), 1900 - the beginning of the visit to St. Petersburg of Duke Alfred Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (brother of the King of Great Britain Edward VII ).
- January 14 ( 26 ), 1900 - the 3rd congress of Russian architects opened in St. Petersburg.
- January 17 ( 29 ), 1900 - in St. Petersburg, in Apraksin Lane, a fire occurred, accompanied by numerous victims.
- January 18 ( 30 ), 1900 - Russia buys securities issued by the Persian government 5% gold loan, the payment of interest on which was guaranteed for 75 years from the customs income of Persia .
February
- 1st of February [ calendar style? ] - open movement of trains on the Pavelets - Biryulyovo section of the Ryazan-Ural railway .
- January 24 ( February 5 ) 1900 - the 1st meteorological congress opened in St. Petersburg.
- January 26 ( February 7 ) 1900 - a congress of Russian figures on waterways opened in St. Petersburg.
- February 10th [ calendar style? ] - Lenin returned after 3 years from Siberian exile, leaving Shushenskoye .
- February 3 ( 15 ), 1900 - the sale of the Russky Listok newspaper (Moscow) is prohibited.
- February 10 ( 22 ), 1900 - in St. Petersburg, the 50th anniversary of the literary activity of Alexei Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov was celebrated.
- 28th of February [ calendar style? ] - Count M.N. Muravyov (Russian Foreign Minister) suggested that France and Germany put pressure on England over the Boer War in South Africa. Germany refused, and France took advantage of Germany's predicament to strengthen in Morocco.
March
- February 17 ( March 1 ) 1900 - the 2nd congress of the Russian group of the International Union of Criminalists began in St. Petersburg.
- February 24 ( March 8 ) 1900 :
- a fire in the General Staff building in St. Petersburg, which damaged a rare library of this institution ;
- The World of Art association was organized (as amended by the magazine of the same name in St. Petersburg); the association included A.N. Benois, K.A. Somov, M.V. Dobuzhinsky, N.K. Roerich, E.E. Lansere and others.
- February 26 ( March 10 ) 1900 - judicial institutions were introduced in the Kwantung region .
- February 29 ( March 13 ), 1900 - the date difference between the new and old styles (Gregorian and Julian calendars) changed from 12 to 13 days, since the Gregorian calendar (unlike the Julian calendar) does not have a date on February 29, 1900 - years that are multiples of 100 and not a multiple of 400, are not leap in it. The 12-day calendar date difference between Russia and most European countries took place over almost the entire 19th century , with the exception of March-December 1900.
- March 2 ( 15 ), 1900 :
- in Vilna, an attempt was made on the assassination of a Catholic woman, allegedly for receiving Christian blood by the Jews in order to use it for ritual purposes (see Blondes case );
- in Kiel (Germany) at the shipyard Germaniawerft the Russian armored cruiser Askold was launched .
April
- April 9 ( 22 ), 1900 - a catastrophic fire in the village (now the urban settlement ) The robin of the Kharkov province destroyed about 500 yards.
- April 13 ( 26 ), 1900 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (nun Anastasia), daughter-in-law of Nicholas I and great-granddaughter of Paul I died in Kiev ; canonized in 2009 as a locally revered saint in the face of the saints.
May
- April 19 ( May 2 ) 1900 - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky , a Russian painter and artist (born 1817 ), died.
- May 1 ( 14 ), 1900 :
- the outstanding psychiatrist Sergey Korsakov died;
- the highest decree was issued to the Governing Senate on the land system of state settlers in the state lands of Transcaucasia ;
- the opening of the II Summer Olympic Games in Paris - as an additional program of the current World Exhibition .
- May 11 ( 24 ), 1900 - the Aurora cruiser was launched at the New Admiralty plant in St. Petersburg .
- May 28 [ calendar style? ] - in Moscow, in a small house on Deutsche Street (now Baumanskaya), a free reading library was opened, founded in 1899 by the centenary of A.S. Pushkin. The daughter of the poet Maria Hartung became the trustee of the library.
- May 29 [ calendar style? ] - Lugansk plant launched its first locomotive. They became a steam locomotive series O d .
- May 30 [ calendar style? ] - The Kerch Metallurgical Combine , which has existed to this day, has earned.
June
- June 4 ( 17 ), 1900 - the beginning of hostilities against the Chinese, the capture of Dagu forts by a coalition with the participation of Russia .
- June 6 ( 19 ), 1900 - attack of the Iethuan on the CER
- June 7 ( 20 ), 1900 - the beginning of the 55-day siege of the Embassy quarter in Beijing by the Ietuan troops and the regular troops of China.
- June 8 ( 21 ), 1900 - the start of the Russian polar expedition .
- June 10 ( 23 ), 1900 :
- established the department for military service (as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs);
- a new charter on stamp duty was approved;
- the highest decree has been issued to the Governing Senate on bringing the troops of the Amur District to martial law due to military operations in China .
- June 24 [ calendar style? ] - open tram traffic in Astrakhan .
- June 25 [ calendar style? ] - tax reform in the Caucasus .
July
- July 1 ( 14 ), 1900 - the beginning of shelling of Blagoveshchensk by the Chinese (see Fights on the Amur (1900) ).
- July 4 ( 17 ), 1900 - the Chinese pogrom in Blagoveshchensk began , killing from 4 to 7 thousand people.
- July 16 ( 29 ), 1900 :
- a fire in the village of Stavishin, Kalisz county , which destroyed half of the buildings;
- Lenin left Russia , his 5-year-old Geneva emigration began ;
- pogrom of Jews in Odessa.
August
Russian artillery breaks through the gates of Beijing
- July 22 ( August 4 ) 1900 - Isaac Ilyich Levitan , Russian artist (born 1860 ) died.
- July 23 ( August 5 ) 1900 - Russian troops occupied the Yingkou fortress in Manchuria.
- August 1 ( 14 ), 1900 - the battle for Beijing ; the city was taken by the corps of an alliance of eight powers under the general command of Lieutenant General Linevich .
- August 5 ( 18 ), 1900 - a big fire of oil depots and ships in Rostov-on-Don .
- August 18 [ calendar style? ] - Russian engineer Konstantin Persky proposed the word “television”.
- August 20 [ calendar style? ] - the strike of the railway workers at Elizavetpol station in the Caucasus.
September
- September 1 ( 14 ), 1900 - the Paveletsky station was opened in Moscow .
- September 7 ( 20 ), 1900 - the battle for Betan .
October
- October 1st [ calendar style? ] - A catastrophic fire in Baku destroyed 97 oil rigs and approximately 8,000 tons of oil.
- October 15 ( 28 ), 1900 - closing of the Olympic Games in Paris. Russia did not receive a single medal (see Russia at the 1900 Summer Olympics ).
November
- the 3rd of November [ calendar style? ] - the premiere of the opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov in Moscow.
- 11th of November [ calendar style? ] - completion of the construction of the Nikolsky shopping arcade in Moscow.
- November 24th [ calendar style? ] - the fire of the house of Muir and Merilis on Theater Square, in Moscow (the Moscow Central Department Store is now located on this site).
December
- December 23 [ calendar style? ] - open tram traffic in Yekaterinodar .
- December 24th [ calendar style? ] - the first issue of the newspaper RSDLP " Iskra "
- December 29th [ calendar style? ] - open tram traffic in Yaroslavl .
Literature
- Russian calendar of A. Suvorin for 1901. Division XIII: Russian Chronicle. S. 259-261.
- Russian calendar of A. Suvorin for 1902. Division XIII: Russian Chronicle. S. 263-266.
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| See also: Other events in 1900 | ||