Russian
Conquest of Central Asia and the Far East
(1800s)
Decembrist
Uprising (1825)-Short-lived
military revolt.
Russo-Persian
War (1826-1828)-Russia
defeated Persia and acquired parts of
Armenia.
Russo-Turkish
War (1828-1829)-Russia
defeated the Ottoman Turks. Related to the
Greek
War of Independence.
Polish
Revolution (1830-1831)-Russian-ruled
Poland rebelled and was crushed. Inspired by
1830
Paris Revolution.
The
Crimean War
( 1853-1856)-Britain,
France, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia against
Russia.
Crimean
War Research Society
--Provides information on membership and publications
as well as resources about the war.
Crimean
Texts
--Archive of materials relating to the Crimean War,
including 19th century documents and accounts as well
as modern original articles, essays, and
commentaries.
Roger
Fenton Crimean War Photographs
--Collection
of materials at the Library of Congress. Includes a
description of the war, profile of Fenton, and gallery
of his images.
Wikipedia:
Crimean War --Hyperlinked
article devoted to the 1854-6 war fought between
Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France,
the Ottoman Empire, and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Sveaborg
and the Crimean War 1854-55
--Briefly
describes the shelling of the fortress of the city by
an Anglo-French naval force in 1855.
Victorian
Web: The Crimean War
--Offers extensive resources on the war including
background articles, contemporary accounts, and
biographies of notable people.
Incompetence
and Glory: The Crimean War
--Offers
sections on the causes of the war, chronology, the war
at sea, major battles, biographies, accounts, and
more.
Second
Polish Revolution (1863-1864)-Poland
rebels waged a mostly guerrilla war. Rebellion
defeated.
Russo-Turkish
War (1877-1878)-Caused
by Turkish problems with Slavic Balkan states. Treaty of
San Stefano guaranteed independence from Turkey for
Serbia, Montenegro, Rumania and autonomy for Bulgaria.
Russia received land in the Caucasus
region.
The
Russo-Turkish War Timeline (1877-1878)
Boxer
Rebellion (1900)-Involved
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States,
Japan, Italy, and Austria-Hungary against "Boxer" rebels
in China as well as against the Chinese government. Gave
Russia an opportunity to occupy Manchuria, which led in
part to the Russo-Japanese
War.
Russo-Japanese
War (1904-1905)-Russia
soundly defeated by Japan.
Russo-Japanese
War Research Society--Contains
research and documentation of the 1904-1905 war.
Includes pictures, biographies, documents, and
maps.
Treaty
of Portsmouth of 1905
--Diplomatic agreement that ended the Russo-Japanese
War.
History
of the Russo-Japanese War
--Traces the performance of the Russian navy in the
war, especially at Port Arthur and
Tsushima.
Russo-Japanese
War Ramblings --Examines
the technologies used by the Russian and Japanese
navies during their 1904-1905 war.
Russo-Japanese
War, 1904-1905
--Chronological overview of the war. Includes photos
and maps.
Russian
Revolution of 1905 (1905-1906)-Popular
uprising against the Czarist government. Harshly
suppressed by the army.
Russian
Revolution of 1905
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Revolution of 1905
Russia
Revolution 1905
Leon
Trotsky: 1905: Table of Contents
--Leon Trotsky's first hand account of the Russian
Revolution of 1905
THE
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1905
--Causes of 1905 Revolution
Russian
Intervention in Persian Revolution of
1906
(1906-1911)-
Czarist Russia intervened in the Persian Revolution that
overthrew the Shah of Persia. Russia sent troops into
Persia (Iran) several times in support of the Shah and
his forces.
World
War I (1914-1918)-Last
war of the Czarist Russian Empire prior to the Bolshevik
(Communist) Revolution.
General
Links and Sources:
Mark
Conrad's 19th Century Russian Military History Page
--Translations of various memoirs, articles, and
documents relating to the Russian army of the 19th
century.
Historical
Map of the Russian Empire From
1820.
North
Part of Russia in
Europe
--Historical map from the early 19th
century.
Kohn, George C.
Dictionary
of Wars.
New York: Facts On File Publications.
1999.
Dupuy, R. Ernest and
Trevor N. Dupey. The
Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500
B.C. to the Present
New York, New York: Harper & Row. 1993.
