Question: what important events happened in russia?
Answer: 1903: Kishinev Pogrom. 1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War. 1905: Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 1914: Outbreak of World War I. 1917: Russian Revolution of 1917. 1917: U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government. 1917-1933: The October Bolshevik Revolution. 1933: U.S. Recognition of the Soviet Union.