Civilian and Political Life during
the Russo-Turkish War
(1877-1878)

 

 

 
A historical overview of the political and civilian events
that took place during the Russo-Turkish War
 

This section will focus on a history of events that took place in the political and civilian world during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878.  Tsar Alexander II will also be profiled at a later time.  All dates are given according to the modern Gregorian calendar, some dates (given in parenthesis) are Julian calendar dates that were used by the Russian Empire during this period.

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Statistics of the Russian Empire
1877-1878
 

Russian Leaders
(1826-1852)
1855-1881 Alexander Romanov II

 

Timeline 1823-1856

1877
   20 February Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' debuts at the Bolshoi theater in Moscow.
  3 March Tsar declares war on Ottoman Empire, beginning the Russo-Turkish war
    Electric arc lamps designed by electrical engineer Pavel Yablochkov are installed in the Louvre in Paris.
    Russian writer Leo Tolstoy publishes his novel, 'Anna Karenina'.  It was widely considered to the pinnacle in realist fiction at the time, and Tolstoy considered the work to be his first real novel.
1878
  23 February Artist Kazimir Severinovich Malevich is born in Kiev, Ukraine.  He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and would later become one of the leaders of the Russian avantguarde art movement of the 1890's to 1930's.
  3 March Treaty of San Stefano is signed ending Russo-Turkish war.
  13 June Congress of Berlin begins.
  13 July The Ottoman Empire was weakened with the signing of the Treaty of Berlin. The Caucasus was given to Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria.  Romania became independent and the treaty also confirmed Britain's right to occupy Cyprus.  The treaty also halted further Russian advances into Afghanistan.
    Tchaikovsky's 'First Piano Concerto' becomes a runaway hit in Paris, he also releases the opera 'Eugene Onegin'
  27 August Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel was born. He would later become a general of the Russian army and would lead one group of 'White' forces in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1921.

 

 

Statistics of the Russian Empire
(1877-1878)

Miles of Railway (1878): 14,764.86 miles

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