Russia
Russia in the First World War →Tag
(562)1917
January
- 16
- Belyaev becomes Russian Minister of WarOn 16 January 1917 the Tsar dismissed War Minister Shuvayev. He was replaced by General Mikhail Belyaev, an efficient bureaucrat trusted by the Tsarina.
- Pokrovsky asks to resignOn 16 January 1917 the Russian foreign minister Nikolai Pokrovsky begged the Tsar to release him and to break with Protopopov. The Tsar told him to stay.
February
March
- 15
- Key eventAbdication of Nicholas IILate on 15 March 1917 at Pskov Nicholas II gave up the throne for himself and his son in favour of his brother Michael. The next day Michael declined the crown.
- Formation of the Provisional GovernmentOn 15 March 1917 Milyukov announced the Provisional Government, led by Prince Lvov. It arose from an agreement of the Duma Committee and the Petrograd Soviet.
April
May
June
July
August
- 06
- Start of the Battle of MărășeștiOn 6 August 1917 the German Ninth Army broke the Russian Fourth Army's front on the Putna. The Romanian 5th Division, rushed over the Siret, closed the gap.
- Second coalition government in RussiaOn 6 August 1917, after three weeks of bargaining and Kerensky's resignation, a second coalition of socialists and Kadets was formed in Petrograd.
- Dowbor-Muśnicki takes command of the I Polish CorpsOn 6 August 1917 Gen. Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki took command of the I Polish Corps, formed in Russia on the Naczpol's initiative from Poles in the Russian army.
September
- 03
- End of the Battle of MărășeștiOn 3 September 1917 Eben and Grigorescu ordered attacks halted and positions dug in. That evening Ecaterina Teodoroiu, the heroine of the Jiu, fell at Muncelu.
- The Germans take RigaOn 3 September 1917 Hutier's troops entered Riga, abandoned by the Russians. Baltic Germans greeted them with flowers; Petrograd feared a march on the capital.
- 14
- Collapse of the Kornilov affairOn 13 September 1917 General Krymov shot himself in Petrograd; next day General Alekseyev arrested Kornilov in Mogilev. The revolt collapsed without a fight.
- Russia becomes a republicOn 14 September 1917 the Provisional Government, not waiting for the Constituent Assembly, proclaimed the Russian Republic under a five-man Directory.
October
November
December
- 03
- Armistice negotiations open at Brest-LitovskOn 3 December 1917 at Brest-Litovsk Adolph Joffe's Bolshevik delegation sat down to armistice talks with the Central Powers' officers under Gen. Hoffmann.
- Death of General DukhoninOn 3 December 1917 Krylenko's troops occupied the Stavka at Mogilev. The arrested General Dukhonin was lynched at the station by a mob of soldiers and sailors.
- 15
- Key eventArmistice of Brest-LitovskOn 15 December 1917 at Brest-Litovsk Soviet Russia and the Central Powers signed an armistice from the Baltic to the Black Sea, taking Russia out of the war.
- Proclamation of the Moldavian Democratic RepublicOn 15 December 1917 the Sfatul Țării in Kishinev proclaimed Bessarabia the Moldavian Democratic Republic, an equal part of a federal Russian republic.