Category: Russia

the Arctic 1882

First International Polar Year

By the 1870s polar exploration was becoming...

Europe 1884

Scramble for Africa

In 1881 France alarmed Italy by seizing...

Europe 1894

Franco-Russian Alliance

German attempts to keep France isolated by...

Asia Pacific 1895

Triple Intervention and Taiwan

Japanese gains in the Treaty of Shimonoseki...

Asia Pacific 1897

Philippine Revolution

Over the 19th century, increasing access to...

Asia Pacific 1898

Far Eastern Crisis

When the Japanese defeated China in 1895,...

Asia Pacific 1900

Boxer Rebellion

In response to the growing foreign domination...

Asia Pacific 1900

Battle of Peking

The Chinese Empire considered the Eight-Nation...

Asia Pacific 1901

Boxer Protocol

In August 1900, the Allies captured Peking,...

Southern Asia 1902

Saudi Restoration

By the early 1890s, the Emirate of Ha’il...

Asia Pacific 1902

Anglo-Japanese Alliance

During the Boxer Rebellion, Russia had...

Northern Eurasia 1904

Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War

Russia’s tightening influence in...

Asia Pacific 1904

Attack on Port Arthur

The 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance freed Japan...

Europe 1904

Entente Cordiale

The Anglo-French rivalry had been a constant...

Southern Asia 1904

British Expedition to Tibet

While the British welcomed the Saudi...