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Show CZAR'S DOMAIN Sig-niflcant Events in Russia's Thousand Thou-sand Years. W Rwik, the Varangian, egtobllnhes thn first K'-vernmen? ItISS Feodor 1 . Ia.it of th Hurlk dynasty, In muMeted. 113 Michael Fderovllch flri of th" HoiUM of Romanoff. ajcnAn ih throne. 19- PMer I nhn Grruti bp1np to rlllt slone 1703 retr founds !i Ptrsburc P? the new-capita) new-capita) 179v Calhi rln II (the Greati give her iub-J.-rtK n pew crvln cf lav. abollithefi tor-tur tor-tur In punishing criminal" 1S13 Al xander f. foimf the Holy Alliance. 15 fonsplrney against Nicholas 1 . Insurrection Insurrec-tion of troops. HoSCOW December 2-7 VStOHo ember 20. Fnlanfl begins vvav for Independence In-dependence 1S11 October 5. Polish insurrection suppressed 1S32 Feoruar rj6. Nlcholos decrees Poland an integral Dsrf of the Rusnlan Empire Wt First railroad In Rusnln, ran from St. Petersburg to Tscrkoc-Solo. tMl- St Petersburg K- Morrow railroad bgnn USA Julv t, partial emscnclpatlon of the serfs by Alexander II 1S61 Jtar-h 3 de,-r for the total emancipation emancipa-tion Of h" sorfs n ltbln tvvr ears. 1M1 November, nobles sign a petition for a constitution 12 January 2S. increased privileges grnnter) to the Jew 1R-October 14, reorgnnlzatlon of the Department Depart-ment of Justice decreed. Jurlea to be) employed In trUle, etc. 11.1 farch 3, termination of serfdom 1H64 Janu.vrv' 12. provincial Institutions established estab-lished throughout Russia IS! September 11, censorship of press relaxed. 16" March isombli ,..f N". Mlltx 18t1 Mi, ''ongress of Sla-onlan Deputies at Moscow U80 October Count Lsris steilkofTs sohemo for administrative reform sanctioned hv the Gzar ISM January asjiasslnatlon of eXander TT by a bomb Just as he was about to grant a constitution 1 VI Alexander III succeeds and begins n programme pro-gramme of repression, which extended to the end of his reign IBM Nicholas II. succeeds to the throne 1W-Czar calls for an International peace eon ferem-e to assemble at The Hague. 11VM FebrL-ary. war begun against Russia by Japan lMt-Augunt. birth of the rzarovlts Alexis. ISM November, meeting of zemslvos presidents presi-dents In Moscow permitted. They demanded de-manded a legislative assembly lf'M Di-rember Czar n man'f.sto announcing that when a change was shown to be mature Innovations In t h-j legislation Would be made. 19e5 January 5. surrender of Port Arthur 1S05 January 22, police fire on marching strikers In Bt Petersburg. iSOr. August 29. peace concluded by treaty of Portsmouth IMS October genera strike od all Russian railways. 1&06 October 31. Czar grants constitutional freedom Philadelphia Ledger. |