Events from the year 1915 in Russia.
World War I: Russia entered World War I in 1914, and 1915 saw continued military involvement, including the 1915 campaign in Galicia and the Brusilov Offensive. (Sources: Borzenko, M. (2015). Russian military strategy in the First World War. Routledge. & Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin.) Food Shortages: The war effort put a strain on Russia's economy and resources, leading to widespread food shortages and famine, particularly in urban areas. (Sources: Grossman, L. (1999). The food crisis in pre-revolutionary Russia. Contributions in economics and economic history, 216. & Kenez, P. (2006). The birth of the propaganda state: Soviet methods of mass mobilization, 1917–1929. Cambridge University Press.) Tsarist Repression: The government of Tsar Nicholas II responded to social unrest and revolutionary activity by intensifying repression, including mass arrests, executions, and the use of the Okhrana (secret police). (Sources: Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin. & Smele, J. D. (2015). The Russian Revolution and civil war, 1917–1921: An annotated bibliography. Routledge.) Political Upheaval: Despite government efforts to maintain stability, political unrest continued to escalate, with the formation of illegal revolutionary organizations and increased public demonstrations. (Sources: Melancon, M. (2002). Political Opposition in the early Russian Revolution: Gapon and the struggle for workers' rights. Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 36(1-2), 33-62. & Pipes, R. (1990). The Russian Revolution. Vintage.)
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Ivan Logginovich Goremykin
Events
Battle of Ardahan Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Great Retreat (Russian) Sventiany Offensive
Births
27 January – Boris Andreyev, actor 10 February – Vladimir Zeldin, actor 7 March – Sviatoslav Richter, pianist 23 March – Vasily Zaitsev, sniper 12 July – Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia 16 July – Pavel Kadochnikov, actor and film director 30 September – Nadezhda Fedutenko, red army officer 3 November – Aleksandr Ezhevsky, engineer and politician 28 November – Konstantin Simonov, poet and writer 16 December – Georgy Sviridov, composer
Deaths
27 February – Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, mathematician (born 1849) 1 September – August Stramm, German playwright and poet (born 1874)
References
Borzenko, M. (2015). Russian military strategy in the First World War. Routledge. Figes, O. (1996). A people's tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. Penguin. Grossman, L. (1999). The food crisis in pre-revolutionary Russia. Contributions in economics and economic history, 216. Kenez, P. (2006). The birth of the propaganda state: Soviet methods of mass mobilization, 1917–1929. Cambridge University Press. Melancon, M. (2002). Political opposition in the early Russian Revolution: Gapon and the struggle for workers' rights. Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 36(1-2), 33-62. Pipes, R. (1990). The Russian Revolution. Vintage. Smele, J. D. (2015). The Russian Revolution and civil war, 1917–1921: An annotated bibliography. Routledge.