Other territories of the Caucasus ( comprising contemporary eastern Georgia , southern Dagestan , Armenia and Azerbaijan ) were incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the Russian empire at various times in the 19th century as a result of Russian wars Hostile_encounter with Persia .

It was characterised by spontaneous armed demonstrates by soldiers , sailors , and industrial workers engaged Participation against the Russian Provisional Government .

The Russian armies had defeated Conquering their opponents and threw Motion them back to the Carpathian mountains .

This had created Creating a gap between the First ( Viktor Dankl ) and Fourth Armies , and the gap was exploited Control by the Russian Third Army commanded by Pavel Plehve .

Near Rava-Ruska ( Galicia , today Ukraine ) nine Austro-Hungarian divisions clashed Hostile_encounter with nine Russian divisions .

It was filmed Create_artwork and produced Creating by OBS and Russian host broadcaster VGTRK .

Among the passengers who were killed Killing was Russian Colonel General Gennady Troshev formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military District ( including Chechnya ) during the Second Chechen War Hostile_encounter and adviser to the President of Russia .

It took place Process_start in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War Hostile_encounter , which left Departing much of the Russian Army in a state Statement of mutiny .

In the chaos , members of the Duma , Russia 's parliament , assumed control Control of the country , forming Coming_to_be the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated Control by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy .

The Crimean War ( ; or ; ; ) was a military conflict Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost Earnings_and_losses to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire , France , Britain and Sardinia .

The war started Process_start in the Balkans in July 1853 , when Russian troops occupied Control the Danubian Principalities ( now part of Romania ) , which were under Ottoman suzerainty , then began Process_start to cross the Danube .

A separate action on the fort town of Kars in eastern Anatolia led to a siege , and a Turkish attempt Hold to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the garrison was destroyed Destroying by a Russian fleet at Sinop .

More recently , scholars have also turned Becoming their attention to the impact Influence of the Crimean War on the development of Russian nationalistic discourse .

The resistance Defending broke out Process_start during the Caucasus Campaign Military_operation , in which the Dashnak militias were supported Supporting by the Imperial Russian army to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Ottomans .

The Russian Liberation Army , which had been fighting Hostile_encounter for the Germans , defected Escaping and supported Supporting the Czechs .

Photographer of Dreams ( Russian : Фотограф сновидений ) is a concert tour programme of Russian pop star Valery Leontiev , which was performed Hold in Russia , Ukraine , Germany , Israel , and the U.S .

Photographer of Dreams ( Russian : Фотограф сновидений ) is a concert tour programme of Russian pop star Valery Leontiev , which was performed Hold in Russia , Ukraine , Germany , Israel , and the U.S .

This immediately initiated Process_start the establishment of the Russian Soviet Republic .

As the revolution was not universally recognized Know , there followed the struggles Hostile_encounter of the Russian Civil War ( 1917–22 ) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922 .

Siege of Riga by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was the main event Social_event of the Russo-Swedish War .

The Russian vanguard consisting Forming_relationships of the Vladimir v. Vizin reiters , Daniel Krafert infantry and Iunkmann dragoons approached Arriving Riga on August 20 and threw Self_motion back the Swedes under count of Pärnu , Heinrich von Thurn into the city .

The Russian army occupied Control three camps , two on the east bank of the Duna in Riga 's suburbs , and a Corps under Ordyn-Nashokin on the west bank of the Duna , opposite the Kobrun entrenchment .

As Russia had no full-fledged navy to intercept Preventing_or_letting reinforcements coming to Motion the Swedish garrison across the Baltic , Riga managed Control to hold Defending out until October , when foreign officers commanding Control a small Russian flotilla defected Escaping to the other side and the Russians had to lift Process_end the siege .

In the aftermath of this reverse Change , the Swedes recaptured Conquering much of Ingria , took Conquering the Pskov Monastery of the Caves and inflicted Causation a heavy defeat Conquering on the Russian general Matvey Sheremetev at Valga in 1657 .

On 23 March 1994 , the aircraft operating Being_in_operation the route , an Airbus A310-304 flown Self_motion by Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines , crashed Catastrophe into a mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast , Russia , killing Killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board .

The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Attack during World War Hostile_encounter I was initially conceived Creating as a minor German offensive Attack to relieve Cure Russian pressure Influence on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front , but resulted in Causation the Central Powers ' chief offensive Attack effort of 1915 , causing Causation the total collapse Destroying of the Russian lines and their retreat Escaping far into Russia .

The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Attack during World War Hostile_encounter I was initially conceived Creating as a minor German offensive Attack to relieve Cure Russian pressure Influence on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front , but resulted in Causation the Central Powers ' chief offensive Attack effort of 1915 , causing Causation the total collapse Destroying of the Russian lines and their retreat Escaping far into Russia .

German heavy field guns and howitzers with their high angle of fire suppressed Control the Russian artillery and devastated Destroying their infantry counterattacks Attack .

German siege Besieging mortars reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Russian fortresses within days .

German light artillery supported Supporting the infantry through direct fire Use_firearm , devastating Destroying Russian strongpoints .

100 men under Aleksander Rogaliński and a company of the Russian Murom Regiment under Col. Kozlaninov , the skirmish Hostile_encounter resulted in Causation Polish victory Earnings_and_losses .

As the engagement Hostile_encounter started Process_start on the very first day of the uprising Change_of_leadership , the Russian force still obeyed the orders of marching Motion_directional through the occupied country with their rifles unloaded .

When the Russians approached Arriving a local manor in which the Poles had their quarters , the Russian commander ordered Arranging a loose formation and tried to negotiate Communication an agreement and take Conquering all Poles into captivity .

After a short hand-to-hand fight Hostile_encounter ( the Polish unit had only two pieces of firearms and was mostly equipped Supply with sabres , war scythes and improvised weapons ) , the Russian commander was killed Killing and his unit dispersed Dispersal .

The Slovakia Summit 2005 was a summit Social_event meeting Social_event between United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin ( hence also known as the Bush-Putin summit ) .

Also attending Participation was Condoleezza Rice ( U.S. Secretary of State ) and Sergey Lavrov ( Russian Foreign Minister ) as well as the first ladies of both presidents , Laura Bush and Liudmila Putina .

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a failed military action involving Cause_to_be_included the British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War .

The Kerensky Offensive ( ) , also commonly known as the July Offensive ( ) or Galician Offensive , was the last Russian offensive in World War I .

It was decided Deciding by Alexander Kerensky , Minister of War in the Russian provisional government , and led Conquering by General Brusilov .

Such a decision was ill-timed , because , following the February Revolution Change_of_leadership , there were strong popular demands Request for peace , especially within the Russian Army , whose fighting Hostile_encounter capabilities were quickly deteriorating .

Discipline within the Russian Army had reached Arriving a point of crisis Catastrophe since the Tsar 's abdication Change_of_leadership .

However , Kerensky hoped that an important Russian victory would gain Getting popular favour and restore Recovering the soldiers ' morale , thus strengthening Cause_change_of_strength the weak provisional government and proving the effectiveness of `` the most democratic army in the world '' , as he referred Adducing to it .

Starting Process_start on July 1 , 1917 the Russian troops attacked Attack the Austro-Germans in Galicia , pushing Self_motion toward Lviv .

The operations involved Cause_to_be_included the Russian 11th , 7th and 8th Armies and the Austro-German South Army ( General von Bothmer ) and the Austrian 7th and 3rd Armies .

After an initial success , the offensive was halted Process_end because the Russian soldiers soon mutinied Change_of_leadership and refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fight Hostile_encounter .

The Russian lines were broken Destroying on the 20th , and by the 23rd , the Russians had retreated Escaping about 240 kilometres ( 150 miles ) .

The Russian provisional government was greatly weakened Cause_change_of_strength by this military catastrophe , and the possibility of a Bolshevik coup d'état became Becoming increasingly real .

Far from strengthening Cause_change_of_strength Russian army morale , this offensive proved Coming_to_believe that Russian army morale no longer existed Presence .

Far from strengthening Cause_change_of_strength Russian army morale , this offensive proved Coming_to_believe that Russian army morale no longer existed Presence .

No Russian general could now count on Coming_to_believe the soldiers under his command Control actually doing what they were ordered Arranging to do .