1861 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander II

  Events

• February 27 - Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule, killing 5 protesters.
• March 3 - Emancipation reform of 1861: Serfdom is abolished.
• March 13 - Tsushima incident: the Russian corvette Posadnik arrives at Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait, Japan, provoking a reaction from the Japan.
• April 24 - Bezdna in Russia is the scene of a peasant uprising; the military open fire and nearly 5000 are killed.
• May 21 - Russian sailors clash with Japanese samurai and farmers at Tsushima island.

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