Events from the year 1915 in

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1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

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1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

saw continued military involvement, including the

campaign in Galicia and the Brusilov Offensive. (Sources: Borzenko, M. (2015). Russian military strategy in the First World War. Routledge. & Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin.) # Food Shortages: The war effort put a strain on Russia's economy and resources, leading to widespread food shortages and

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, particularly in urban areas. (Sources: Grossman, L. (1999). The food crisis in pre-revolutionary Russia. Contributions in economics and economic history, 216. & Kenez, P. (2006). The birth of the propaganda state: Soviet methods of mass mobilization, 1917–1929. Cambridge University Press.) #

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Repression: The government of

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responded to social unrest and revolutionary activity by intensifying repression, including mass arrests, executions, and the use of the

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(secret police). (Sources: Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin. & Smele, J. D. (2015). The Russian Revolution and civil war, 1917–1921: An annotated bibliography. Routledge.) # Political Upheaval: Despite government efforts to maintain stability, political unrest continued to escalate, with the formation of illegal revolutionary organizations and increased public demonstrations. (Sources: Melancon, M. (2002). Political Opposition in the early Russian Revolution: Gapon and the struggle for workers' rights. Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 36(1-2), 33-62. & Pipes, R. (1990). The Russian Revolution. Vintage.)

Incumbents

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* Chairman of the Council of Ministers –

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Events

* Battle of Ardahan * Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive *

Great Retreat (Russian) The Great Retreat was a strategic withdrawal and evacuation on the Eastern Front of World War I in 1915. The Imperial Russian Army gave up the salient in Galicia and the Polish Congress Kingdom. The Russian Empire's critically under-equ ...

* Sventiany Offensive

Births

Deaths

27 February Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

– Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, mathematician (born

1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series (France), Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisc ...

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1 September Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. *1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of An ...

– August Stramm, German playwright and poet (born

1874 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Caspe &n ...

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References

* Borzenko, M. (2015). Russian military strategy in the First World War. Routledge. * Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin. * Grossman, L. (1999). The food crisis in pre-revolutionary Russia. Contributions in economics and economic history, 216. * Kenez, P. (2006). The birth of the propaganda state: Soviet methods of mass mobilization, 1917–1929. Cambridge University Press. * Melancon, M. (2002). Political opposition in the early Russian Revolution: Gapon and the struggle for workers' rights. Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 36(1-2), 33-62. * Pipes, R. (1990). The Russian Revolution. Vintage. * Smele, J. D. (2015). The Russian Revolution and civil war, 1917–1921: An annotated bibliography. Routledge. Years of the 20th century in the Russian Empire 1915 by country 1915 in Europe 1915 in Asia 1910s in the Russian Empire {{Russia-hist-stub