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This map shows the western boundaries and major cities of the Russian Empire at the time it entered the First World War in 1914.
How to cite this page
'Map of the Russian Empire in 1914', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/map-russian-empire-1914, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 28-Aug-2014
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Events
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31 May 1916
HMS New Zealand fights in the Battle of Jutland
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11 April 1916
Arrival of the NZ Division in France
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21 August 1915
New Zealand mounteds attack Hill 60
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16 October 1914
Main Body of NZEF sails to war
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5 August 1914
New Zealand enters the First World War
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28 June 1914
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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8 February 1915
Ambush in Turkey leads to death of New Zealand seaman
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24 September 1917
Bere Ferrers rail accident
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25 August 1916
First New Zealand soldier executed
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9 May 1915
Kiwi Wimbledon champ killed in battle
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2 April 1915
Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district
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23 October 1915
Ten NZ nurses lost in Marquette sinking
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7 June 1917
The Battle of Messines
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26 June 1918
Wimmera sunk by German mine
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8 August 1915
Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bair
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29 August 1914
NZ force captures German Samoa
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27 September 1974
William Sutch charged with spying
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7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
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15 December 1915
The evacuation of Gallipoli begins
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2 June 1917
NZ steamer captured by the Wolf
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17 February 1873
'The Russians are coming!'
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