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== 1800s ==
== 1800s ==
* 1866: [[Dmitry Karakozov]] unsuccessfully attempts to assassinated Tsar Alexander II by shooting him with a gun, but a nearby bystander wrestles him away before the shot is fired.
* 1866: [[Dmitry Karakozov]] unsuccessfully attempts to assassinated [[Tsar Alexander II]] by shooting him with a gun, but a nearby bystander wrestles him away before the shot is fired.
* 1878: [[Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky]] stabs to death General Nikolai Mezentsov, head of the Tsar's secret police, in response to the execution of Ivan Kovalsky.
* 1878: [[Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky]] stabs to death General Nikolai Mezentsov, head of the Tsar's secret police, in response to the execution of Ivan Kovalsky.
* 1879: [[Grigori Goldenberg]] shoots Prince Dmitri Kropotkin (possibly related to [[Peter Kropotkin]]), the Governor of Kharkov in the Russian Empire, to death.
* 1879: [[Alexander Soloviev]] attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The monarch spots the weapon in his hands and flees, but Soloviev still fires five shots, all of which miss. He is captured and hanged on May 28.
* 1880: [[Stepan Khalturin]] successfully blows up part of the [[Winter Palace (Russia)|Winter Palace]] with [[dynamite]] in an attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander II. Although the Tsar escapes unharmed, eight soldiers are killed and 45 wounded.
* 1881: Tsar Alexander II is killed in a bomb blast by [[Narodnaya Volya]].


== 1900s ==
== 1900s ==
* 1903: The short-lived [[Strandzha Commune|Strandzha Republic]] forms in what is now Bulgaria.
* 1903: The short-lived [[Strandzha Commune|Strandzha Republic]] forms in what is now Bulgaria.
* 1918: The [[Free Territory of Ukraine]] is established, holding seven million inhabitants across large parts of Ukraine. The region experiments with anarchist direct democracy, [[Democratic Education|libertarian schools]], cultural freedoms, worker-run factories and communal farming.
* 1918: The [[Free Territory of Ukraine]] is established, holding seven million inhabitants across large parts of Ukraine. The region experiments with [[Democratic Assembly|anarchist direct democracy]], [[Democratic Education|libertarian schools]], cultural freedoms, worker-run factories and communal farming.
* 1918: The 103,000-strong [[Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine]] is formed and led by [[Nestor Makhno]], [[Viktor Belash]], [[Fyodor Shuss]] and [[Simon Karetnik]] to defend the Free Territory of Ukraine from other forces in the [[Russian Civil War]] and to sow the seeds of an anarchist revolution for the [[Peasant|peasants]] of Russia.
* 1918: The 103,000-strong [[Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine]] is formed and led by [[Nestor Makhno]], [[Viktor Belash]], [[Fyodor Shuss]] and [[Simon Karetnik]] to defend the Free Territory of Ukraine from other forces in the [[Russian Civil War]] and to sow the seeds of an anarchist revolution for the [[Peasant|peasants]] of Russia.
* 1939: [[The Hajduks of Cotovschi]], an [[Anarcho-Communism|anarcho-communist]] insurgent group, forms and begins to fight the fascist regime of Romania.
* 1939: [[The Hajduks of Cotovschi]], an [[Anarcho-Communism|anarcho-communist]] insurgent group, forms and begins to fight the fascist regime of Romania.

Revision as of 16:23, 8 May 2019

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This is a timeline of political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Eastern Europe that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

1800s

  • 1866: Dmitry Karakozov unsuccessfully attempts to assassinated Tsar Alexander II by shooting him with a gun, but a nearby bystander wrestles him away before the shot is fired.
  • 1878: Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky stabs to death General Nikolai Mezentsov, head of the Tsar's secret police, in response to the execution of Ivan Kovalsky.
  • 1879: Grigori Goldenberg shoots Prince Dmitri Kropotkin (possibly related to Peter Kropotkin), the Governor of Kharkov in the Russian Empire, to death.
  • 1879: Alexander Soloviev attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The monarch spots the weapon in his hands and flees, but Soloviev still fires five shots, all of which miss. He is captured and hanged on May 28.
  • 1880: Stepan Khalturin successfully blows up part of the Winter Palace with dynamite in an attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander II. Although the Tsar escapes unharmed, eight soldiers are killed and 45 wounded.
  • 1881: Tsar Alexander II is killed in a bomb blast by Narodnaya Volya.

1900s

2000s

  • 2009: Protests occur across Kalinigrad against political corruption, lack of democratic rights and harsh economic conditions. The protests fail to alter the structure of the state in a more democratic direction, but win several economic gains.

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