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🇷🇺 Russia Declares War on Ottoman Empire
Russia declared war against Ottoman Empire.⟶

Russo-Turkish WarOttoman EmpireWar19th CenturyBalkansConflictEuropeInternational relations


⚔️ Russia Occupies Danubian Principalities, Triggering Crimean War
After a series of intrigues ostensibly designed to enable it to act as protector of Orthodox Christians in Ottoman territories failed, Russia occupied the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in March. The Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia in October beginning the Crimean War. Great Britain and France would declare war on Russia the following March.⟶

Crimean WarOttoman EmpireRussia19th centuryWarEuropean PowersOrthodox Christians



💔 Circassian Genocide

Circassian GenocideRussia19th centuryWarEthnic cleansingCaucasusOttoman Empire

🇦🇲 First Nagorno-Karabakh War Begins
First Nagorno-Karabakh War, an ethnic conflict between ethnic Armenians and supported by the Republic of Armenia in the southeast corner of former Soviet Republic Azerbaijan.⟶

Nagorno-KarabakhWarEthnic ConflictAzerbaijanArmeniaSoviet UnionPost-Soviet ConflictsTerritorial DisputeConflictCaucasus


🇷🇺 First Chechen War Begins

ChechnyaRussiaWarCaucasusInsurgencySeparatismIslamism

💣 Russia Occupies Grozny
Russia occupies Grozny, the capital of Chechnya,[14][15] in Second Chechen War.⟶

RussiaChechnyaWarConflictCaucasusGroznySecond Chechen War
