1918 in Russia

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Greetings to the best citizens of the Russian land" Events from the year 1918 in Russia Events January–March 1 January - the establishment of the Stavropol Soviet Republic 9 January - the creation of the Volunteer Army was officially announced 18–19 January - Russian Constituent Assembly held its first and last meeting 20 January - Assassination of Andrei Shingarev and Fyodor Kokoshkin ru Убийство Шингарёва и Кокошкина lynching of Andrei Shingaryov and Fyodor Kokoshkin, members of the liberal Cadet Party Central Committee, by the revolutionary sailors 22 January - Ukrainian People's Republic proclaims its independence 23-31 January - 3rd All-Russian Congress of Soviets approved the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly and adopted a resolution "On a new designation of the supreme state power". 27 January - Finnish Civil War begins 28 January - Communist government issues a decree on the foundation of the Red Army 29 January - Battle of Kruty between Ukrainian and Bolshevik forces 30 January - Odessa Soviet Republic proclaimed 9 February - Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central powers signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 14 February - the Gregorian calendar ("new style") was introduced in Bolshevik-controlled areas. After January 31, February 14 immediately followed 16 February - Council of Lithuania adopts the act of independence 17 February - beginning of the Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet, transferring Russian ships from Reval and Helsingfors to Kronstadt 21 February - the CPC issues the decree named Socialist Homeland is in Danger! 22 February - Ice March of the Volunteer Army begins 24 February - Estonian Declaration of Independence 3 March - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between the Soviet Russia and the Central powers 11 March - Communist government moves from Petrograd to Moscow 25 March - Belarusian People's Republic proclaimed April–June thumb|270px|Meeting of negotiating delegations in Brest-Litovsk 17 May - beginning of the Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion 8 June - Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly founded in Samara and declared itself the holder of the supreme power, acting temporarily on behalf of the Assembly 11 June - ARCEC approved the decree of the Council of People's Commissars "On the organization and supply of the rural poor" creating the kombeds July–September 4–10 July - Fifth All–Russian Congress of Soviets 6 July - assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Yakov Blumkin precedes the Left SR uprising 10 July - Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic adopted by the Congress 17 July - execution of the abdicated emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his family performed in Yekaterinburg by the local Bolsheviks 2 August - Anglo-American troops landed in Arkhangelsk 8 August - beginning of anti-Communist Izhevsk–Votkinsk Uprising 30 August - Vladimir Lenin assassination attempt by SR Fanny Kaplan 5 September - the CPC proclaims the Red Terror as a response for the Kaplan incident 23 September - Ufa Directory, the reformed anti-Bolshevik government, formed in Ufa October–December 29 October - creation of the Russian Communist Youth League 13 November - Bolsheviks renounced the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk two days after Armistice of Compiègne marking defeat of the Central powers in the World War I. 18 November - Admiral Alexander Kolchak seizes power from the Ufa Directory which moved to Omsk month before. The council of ministers appointed him to the post of the Supreme Ruler of Russia (chosen to avoid the words "president" and "regent", believing that the form of government will be determined by the Constituent Assembly after the end of the civil war) 10 December - Sfatul Țării of Bessarabia decided to join Romania. The Romanian annexation of Bessarabia was never recognized by the Soviet government. Births July 2016 9 September - Boris Zakhoder, poet and translator (died 2000) 10 December - Anatoly Tarasov, ice hockey player and coach (died 1995) 11 December - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writer (died 2008) 15 December - Andrey Titenko, soldier (died 2022) 1 December – Aleksandr Sokolov (painter, born 1918), Russian painter and art teacher (d. 1973) Deaths 7 February – Alexander Taneyev, Russian composer (b. 1850) 1 April – General Paul von Rennenkampf, military commander in Russo-Japanese War and World War I (shot) 6 April – Savva Mamontov, businessman and philanthropist 13 April – General Lavr Kornilov, Supreme Commander of the Russian Army (1917), one of the leaders of the anti-Communist White Movement 28 April – Georgy Bulatsel, Russian military officer (executed) (b. 1875)Person: Bulatsel, Georgi Viktorovitš https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/fi/victims/page/p_41094/table War Victims of Finland 1914–1922 National Archives of Finland 27 December 2023 Helsinki, Finland 30 May – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary, philosopher and Marxist theoretician (b. 1856) 20 June – V. Volodarsky (Moisey Goldstein), Bolsheviks' chief agitator 25 June – General Sergey Markov, anti-Communist Volunteer Army leader 6 July – Ivan Dmitrievich Sednev and Klimenty Grigorievich Nagorny 10 July Ilya Leonidovich Tatischev and Vasily Alexandrovich Dolgorukov 17 July – Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Ivan Kharitonov, Alexei Trupp, Anna Demidova, Eugene Botkin 18 July – Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Vladimir Paley 22 July – Alexey Schastny, Russian naval officer (b. 1881) 30 August – Moisei Uritsky, Bolshevik Revolutionary and chief of the Cheka secret police of the Petrograd Soviet (b. 1873) 4 September – Anastasia Hendrikova and Catherine Schneider 30 September – Vera Velichkina, physician, writer and revolutionary (b. 1868)1979 Velichkina, Vera Mikhailovna https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Velichkina%2c+Vera+Mikhailovna The Great Soviet Encyclopedia 25 November 2025 4 October – Nikolai Skrydlov, admiral (b. 1844) 9 November – Sergey Andreyevsky, Russian writer, poet, literary critic and lawyer (b. 1847) References 1918 1918 Category:Years of the 20th century in Russia Category:1918 by country Category:1918 in Europe Category:1918 in Asia Category:1910s in Russia